Friendly League

MM Lane
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) ZORZAL01's Edgardo Nardo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Michael Kuijsten in the 8thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gaudencio Richie, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Gaudencio Richie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gertjan Theisens in the 15th minute of the match. Rik Numan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gregorio Cortez in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paolo Gotzon in the 24th minute of play forced Mijdrecht Maffia's goalkeeper Rik Numan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Michael Kuijsten took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Gaudencio Richie to make any attempt to save it. Rik Numan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin Firmo in the 35th minute of the match. A collision led to ZORZAL01 getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Timoteo Dolcet hit a great ball. In the 41st minute, Timoteo Dolcet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rik Numan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Gotzon in the 46th minute of the match. Edgardo Nardo charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edgardo Nardo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Edgardo Nardo kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Michael Kuijsten stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Paolo Gotzon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rik Numan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edgardo Nardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Mijdrecht Maffia's Marcel Blanc in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ZORZAL01's goalie prevented a goal. 68 minutes into the match, Marcel Blanc notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of ZORZAL01's Gaudencio Richie. Gaudencio Richie was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 72 minutes of play ZORZAL01's Edgardo Nardo was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. If Gregorio Cortez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. During the 85th minute of the match Timoteo Dolcet completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Timoteo Dolcet a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, ZORZAL01's Timoteo Dolcet got a free kick in the 86th minute. After 87 played minutes, Mijdrecht Maffia's Laurens Hollander shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gaudencio Richie came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mijdrecht Maffia reached it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abelardo Vimaro got free with Rik Numan in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mijdrecht Maffia's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.