Friendly League

GROAPA
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Donato Torres took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 minutes DINAMO's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Placido Pero who took care of the corner kick. After a defensive mix-up in DINAMO's zone, Braulio Emeterio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ysmael Marfil came out of the goal and Braulio Emeterio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ryszard Borcz charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ryszard Borcz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 9th minute, Henric Casas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ripa FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 13th minute, when Ryszard Borcz scored to the left of an out of position Aldo Mannie, making the score, 1-0. The audience was convinced that Donato Torres's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ysmael Marfil was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. 18 minutes into the game, Donato Torres cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Ysmael Marfil was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 22 minutes of play, DINAMO's Moise Vlădean made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aldo Mannie was left in no man's land by his defense there! A nice corner shot did that Mateo Lalla got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ysmael Marfil quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ripa FC's Aldo Mannie proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Ripa FC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Torres in the 32nd minute of play forced DINAMO's goalkeeper Ysmael Marfil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Ripa FC's Donato Torres in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye DINAMO's goalie prevented a goal. Ysmael Marfil stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Donato Torres's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Bochini in the 34th minute of play forced DINAMO's goalkeeper Ysmael Marfil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Claudio Cina hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Ysmael Marfil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Torres, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Traian Stoiculescu hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Ripa FC made a substitution. Gu Chang Peng replaced Donato Torres. After 39 played minutes DINAMO got a freekick which was hit by Traian Stoiculescu. In the 41st minute Ryszard Borcz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldo Mannie saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Azibar hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Ripa FC made a substitution. Joel Tehas replaced Ricardo Bochini. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

52 minutes into the match, Ripa FC's goal looked a bit too open when Albert Filipoiu came free, but Aldo Mannie reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ripa FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Placido Pero in the 55th minute. The corner ended in Placido Pero almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but DINAMO's Ysmael Marfil did a great save. After some careless play in the DINAMO defense, Gu Chang Peng kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ysmael Marfil. The DINAMO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ysmael Marfil should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gu Chang Peng got free with Ysmael Marfil in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 62 minutes of play, Ripa FC's Gu Chang Peng made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ysmael Marfil was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ripa FC's Alvaro Jakes was substituted for Placido Pero. Ripa FC's Aldo Mannie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ryszard Borcz in the 68th minute of play. Gu Chang Peng might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ysmael Marfil. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gu Chang Peng ran back to his position shaking his head. Ysmael Marfil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gu Chang Peng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, DINAMO's Dorin Agârbiceanu got a free kick in the 75th minute. Ysmael Marfil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gu Chang Peng in the 78th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gu Chang Peng in the 80th minute of play forced DINAMO's goalkeeper Ysmael Marfil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gu Chang Peng in the 81st minute of play forced DINAMO's goalkeeper Ysmael Marfil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 83 minutes DINAMO's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Smith Wigglesworth who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Alvaro Jakes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ysmael Marfil quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ysmael Marfil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gu Chang Peng in the 86th minute of play. In the 88th minute of the match, Gu Chang Peng tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ysmael Marfil saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind DINAMO's goalkeeper Ysmael Marfil, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alvaro Jakes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Ripa FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.