Friendly League

Cieneguita PQ
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Alessio Borrelli made the kick off and thus started the match. After 3 minutes, Isidoro Pacifico mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Quebracho FC and the AFC FUSION players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Quebracho FC's Isidoro Pacifico got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Nicanor Flores received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Roberto Eztebe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessio Borrelli in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute of the match Quebracho FC got a corner. AFC FUSION's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yin Hong Fan ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Jose Manuel Arias heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save AFC FUSION from getting a goal against them. Alessio Borrelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Eztebe having to interfere. Alexander Van Houdtvinck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lino Rios in the 44th minute of play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Quebracho FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 47th minute. Penalty!

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lino Rios stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when Quebracho FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alessio Borrelli didn't get a good kick on the ball. Quebracho FC's He Yi Yuan was substituted for Alessio Borrelli. In the 59th minute, Alessio Borrelli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. He Yi Yuan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Roberto Eztebe read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nereo Florian in the 74th minute of the match. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nereo Florian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Kai Havertz took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Alexander Van Houdtvinck to make any attempt to save it. Alexander Van Houdtvinck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kai Havertz in the 84th minute of the match. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Quebracho FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dawid Beckham was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC FUSION's players had a chance to rest. Quebracho FC's Alexander Van Houdtvinck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 89th minute of play. Kai Havertz kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Kai Havertz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexander Van Houdtvinck. Quebracho FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kai Havertz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2.