Friendly League

C.A.A.K
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cirilo Urki got the match started through his kick off. After 2 minutes of play, AFK Petržalka's Nikola Krstović made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Augusto Batalla was left in no man's land by his defense there! 6 minutes into the match, AFK Petržalka's goal looked a bit too open when Cirilo Urki came free, but Tim Hebel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Augusto Batalla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikola Krstović, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Nikola Krstović notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of A. Korn's Augusto Batalla. Augusto Batalla was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to A. Korn getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Franco Mastantuono hit a great ball. Nikola Krstović received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Augusto Batalla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Augusto Batalla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikola Krstović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikola Krstović's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Augusto Batalla read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. After 18 minutes A. Korn's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Guillermo Checa who took care of the corner kick. 21 minutes into the match, A. Korn's goal looked a bit too open when Nikola Krstović came free, but Augusto Batalla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, A. Korn's goal looked a bit too open when Sasho Amiorkov came free, but Augusto Batalla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tim Hebel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cirilo Urki, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 26th minute Ramon Diaz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tim Hebel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 30 minutes into the match, A. Korn's goal looked a bit too open when Nikola Krstović came free, but Augusto Batalla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Nikola Krstović's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Augusto Batalla was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Tim Hebel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cirilo Urki, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Nikola Krstović's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Augusto Batalla read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. If Sasho Amiorkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 40th match minute, A. Korn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franco Mastantuono to maneuver through the defense. 41 minutes into the game, Nikola Krstović cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Augusto Batalla was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 45th minute, Franco Mastantuono hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sasho Amiorkov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Augusto Batalla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikola Krstović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 56 minutes, Mauro Rik mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the A. Korn and the AFK Petržalka players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of AFK Petržalka booed when A. Korn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mauro Rik didn't get a good kick on the ball. Augusto Batalla didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nikola Krstović went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. With an all-out effort, AFK Petržalka's Augusto Batalla threw himself towards the right post 60 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nikola Krstović, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a defensive mix-up in A. Korn's zone, Nikola Krstović stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Augusto Batalla came out of the goal and Nikola Krstović tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikola Krstović in the 64th minute of play forced A. Korn's goalkeeper Augusto Batalla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sasho Amiorkov came free with the goalkeeper in the 67th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Augusto Batalla could save by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sasho Amiorkov got free with Augusto Batalla in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, A. Korn's Augusto Batalla got control of the ball when Sasho Amiorkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Augusto Batalla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikola Krstović, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 77 minutes into the match, A. Korn's goalkeeper Augusto Batalla had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sasho Amiorkov. Sasho Amiorkov succeeded in the game's 77th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-7. Alek Justus blasted a shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Augusto Batalla having to make a save. In the 84th minute Nikola Krstović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Augusto Batalla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 85 played minutes A. Korn got a freekick which was hit by Gerardo Todor. Through an outstanding action, after 86 minutes, Augusto Batalla successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikola Krstović in the 88th minute of play forced A. Korn's goalkeeper Augusto Batalla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nikola Krstović scored 0-8 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Augusto Batalla, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 93rdth minute of the game Nikola Krstović who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A. Korn's Augusto Batalla was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, AFK Petržalka's Nino Marcelli got a free kick in the 94th minute. AFK Petržalka's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.