Friendly League

Fernando D. Rinaldi
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aristides Federigo kicked off to start the match. Rodrigo Benet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Ekenberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. The audience was convinced that Jan Ekenberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rodrigo Benet was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. When Henry Alebäck came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Mean Machine fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Henry Alebäck couldn't finish the play. With 14 minutes on the clock, Mattias Willig commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 14th minute, one of Mean Machine:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mean Machine. The goalkeeper, Casper Kleen, was totally fooled by C.A Vientos Huracanados's Bernardino Donio, who 17 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. When Mean Machine's Jan Ekenberg in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye C.A Vientos Huracanados's goalie prevented a goal. If Aristides Federigo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lars Frykberg made in the 23rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Torsten Berglund. Rodrigo Benet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Ekenberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Jan Ekenberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rodrigo Benet. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jan Ekenberg ran back to his position shaking his head. After 32 played minutes Mean Machine got a freekick which was hit by Torsten Berglund. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Torsten Berglund during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 35th minute, Torsten Berglund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rodrigo Benet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jan Ekenberg's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. In the 45th minute, Jan Ekenberg made a precise shot to the right of Rodrigo Benet. C.A Vientos Huracanados's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jan Ekenberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Jan Ekenberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mean Machine's supporters rose to their feet, but Jan Ekenberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rodrigo Benet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan Ekenberg got free with Rodrigo Benet in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 57 minutes, Jan Ekenberg made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. C.A Vientos Huracanados's Rodrigo Benet tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 71st minute, Ovidio Lohitzun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rodrigo Benet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Ekenberg in the 75th minute of play. 77 minutes into the game, Mean Machine's Jan Ekenberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rodrigo Benet made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. 85 minutes into the game, Mean Machine's Jan Ekenberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rodrigo Benet made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. In the 92nd minute, Jan Ekenberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mean Machine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. When the final whistle sounded Mean Machine left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than C.A Vientos Huracanados.