Friendly League

Pepsi Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Maureen Franco took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Brad Ridding left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MATRIX TEAM fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rainier Gregoire in the 7th minute of the match. The throw-in from Izydor Filanowski in the 9th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Sporting Buceo's Charly Good. The audience was convinced that Maureen Franco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tobiasz Niedzwiecki was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. When Sporting Buceo's Maureen Franco in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye MATRIX TEAM's goalie prevented a goal. 17 minutes into the match, Sporting Buceo's goalkeeper Maximo Horquizar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Brad Ridding. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isaias Jakue, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Izydor Filanowski's late challenge caught a Sporting Buceo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Izydor Filanowski helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to MATRIX TEAM getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Izydor Filanowski hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the game, MATRIX TEAM's Tytus Drab nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Maximo Horquizar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. When Sporting Buceo's Isaias Jakue in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye MATRIX TEAM's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Sporting Buceo getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Rainier Gregoire hit a great ball. In the 42nd minute of the match Abílio Vidigal shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Maximo Horquizar showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 43rd minute, Raulo Carces hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Brad Ridding was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tytus Drab in the 50th minute of play forced Sporting Buceo's goalkeeper Maximo Horquizar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tobiasz Niedzwiecki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maureen Franco, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Sporting Buceo's Isaias Jakue got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. MATRIX TEAM made a substitution. Lech Lele replaced Damazy Jakisz. 64 minutes into the match, Tytus Drab had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maximo Horquizar. Sporting Buceo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tytus Drab was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Sporting Buceo made a substitution. Sebastian Muc replaced Filimon Gamburtsev. Sporting Buceo made a substitution. Yao Yan Sen replaced Rainier Gregoire. Sporting Buceo's Charly Good managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Izydor Filanowski in the 68 minute of the game. The Sporting Buceo fans' excitement grew in the 70th match minute when Sporting Buceo's Xinto Carreiras looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 79 played minutes MATRIX TEAM got a freekick which was hit by Maksymilian Mudry. Maximo Horquizar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brad Ridding in the 82nd minute of the match. Sporting Buceo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yao Yan Sen in the 85th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of MATRIX TEAM's goalie and right to Charly Good. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. MATRIX TEAM's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tytus Drab in the 89th minute of play forced Sporting Buceo's goalkeeper Maximo Horquizar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MATRIX TEAM's Tytus Drab got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With 95 minutes on the clock, Wei Le Fei commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Sporting Buceo fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 95th minute. Penalty! MATRIX TEAM's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.