Friendly League

Estadio Medanitos
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cheng Le Xing made the kick off which started today's match. Gonzo Maradona showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cheng Le Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Les Tigres's attentive Severino Estevez managed to snatch the ball when Daniel Minea made a throw-in in the 12th minute of the game. Leonardo Tipi might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bogdan Samokovliyski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leonardo Tipi ran back to his position shaking his head. Bogdan Samokovliyski made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Leonardo Tipi sent off a good shot on target. In the 16th minute, Jaap Stam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 18thth minute of the game Cheng Le Xing who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Les Tigres's Gonzo Maradona was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Les Tigres were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Pakorro AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Severino Estevez took the corner. The corner ended in Leonardo Tipi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pakorro AFC's Bogdan Samokovliyski did a great save. 33 minutes into the match, Pakorro AFC's goalkeeper Bogdan Samokovliyski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leonardo Tipi. 35 minutes into the match, Cheng Le Xing had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gonzo Maradona. Les Tigres's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cheng Le Xing was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Les Tigres's Gonzo Maradona played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheng Le Xing in the 38th minute of play. Gonzo Maradona didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cheng Le Xing went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Les Tigres made a substitution. Ömer-Asaf Güneş replaced Leonardo Tipi. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ömer-Asaf Güneş was the one to do the kick off. After 58 minutes of play, Pakorro AFC's Cheng Le Xing made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gonzo Maradona was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pakorro AFC's Astor Giampietro was substituted for Cheng Le Xing. Grzegorz Sokolski made in the 70th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Ömer-Asaf Güneş immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Astor Giampietro in the 75th minute of play forced Les Tigres's goalkeeper Gonzo Maradona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gonzo Maradona made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Astor Giampietro sent off a good shot on target. In the 83rd minute, Astor Giampietro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gonzo Maradona. The goal made the score 0-4. In the 91st minute Edvard Võsandi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Samokovliyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Astor Giampietro in the 97th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gonzo Maradona saved Les Tigres from getting behind. Astor Giampietro didn't have the luck on his side when he, from a short distance, got a opportunity for a shot on goal in the 97th minute. The shot missed the goal on the right side and Astor Giampietro ran dejectedly back to his position. The Pakorro AFC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.