Friendly League

Monumental
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lex Dewolf took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Epifanio Txema reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Arne Emander. The goal made the score 1-0. Jeremias Ledesma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Allan Ström in the 6th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Riverzone's Epifanio Txema got a free kick in the 7th minute. Allan Ström recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Bajen's Fritz Henriksson got a free kick in the 9th minute. Epifanio Txema received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Arne Emander tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leo Kuse hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. 14 minutes into the game, Leo Kuse was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bajen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Riverzone the free kick. After 14 played minutes Bajen got a freekick which was hit by Leo Kuse. In the 17th minute Allan Ström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Ledesma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Riverzone's Gaston Sayveon got a free kick in the 18th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Riverzone's goal looked a bit too open when Anders Överman came free, but Jeremias Ledesma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mario Kempes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Allan Ström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jeremias Ledesma was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. When Bajen's Allan Ström in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Riverzone's goalie prevented a goal. Jeremias Ledesma stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Allan Ström's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. In the 30th match minute, Riverzone was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Inocencio Maurin to maneuver through the defense. Lex Dewolf scored 3-0 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arne Emander, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Bajen defense, Epifanio Txema kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arne Emander. The Bajen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arne Emander should have stopped the shot. Arne Emander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Kempes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Allan Ström made a kick off. After 51 played minutes Bajen got a freekick which was hit by Fritz Henriksson. Arne Emander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Kempes in the 57th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Bajen's Vidar Månsson got a free kick in the 57th minute. In the 58th minute of the match Inocencio Maurin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Arne Emander showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Allan Ström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 61 minutes into the match, Bajen's goal looked a bit too open when Lex Dewolf came free, but Arne Emander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arne Emander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Kempes in the 64th minute of play. After some careless play in the Bajen defense, Lex Dewolf kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arne Emander. The Bajen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arne Emander should have stopped the shot. 74 minutes into the match, Riverzone's goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Allan Ström. Allan Ströms short, quick shot in the 75thth minute got Jeremias Ledesma to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 84th minute Sergio Bingen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arne Emander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes into the game, Allan Ström was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bajen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Riverzone the free kick. In the 86th match minute, Bajen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Allan Ström to maneuver through the defense. 94 minutes into the game, Epifanio Txema cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Arne Emander was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Riverzone's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.