Friendly League

Ausonia
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Apolo Piearres started the match with the kick off. Fabinho Pitta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Jeremias Cristos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 9 minutes into the match, The Engineers's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Astrada came free, but Kieran Floyd reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fabinho Pitta scored 0-2 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jeremias Cristos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fabinho Pitta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Jeremias Cristos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 22nd minute, Ludomir Bartochowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jeremias Cristos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 24th match minute, The Engineers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ludomir Bartochowski to maneuver through the defense. After 28 minutes The Engineers's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marco Astrada who took care of the corner kick. Jeremias Cristos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabinho Pitta in the 30th minute of play. When The Engineers's Fabinho Pitta in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye EL COCO's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Fabinho Pitta put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Jeremias Cristos. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fabinho Pitta in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jeremias Cristos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Apolo Piearres came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the EL COCO fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Apolo Piearres couldn't finish the play. Virgilio Bartolome's late challenge caught a The Engineers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Virgilio Bartolome helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to EL COCO getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Virgilio Bartolome hit a great ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fabinho Pitta to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Fabinho Pitta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jeremias Cristos was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. 54 minutes into the game, The Engineers's Ludomir Bartochowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jeremias Cristos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. After a defensive mix-up in EL COCO's zone, Fabinho Pitta stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jeremias Cristos came out of the goal and Fabinho Pitta tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd rose to their feet as The Engineers's Fabinho Pitta slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jeremias Cristos. That made the score 0-6 after 59 minutes of play. Fabinho Pitta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Jeremias Cristos made a huge save. 71 minutes into the match, The Engineers's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Astrada came free, but Kieran Floyd reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Apolo Piearres notched a goal, 1-6, to the right of The Engineers's Kieran Floyd. Kieran Floyd was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 74 minutes into the game, Marco Astrada was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. EL COCO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave The Engineers the free kick. The supporters of The Engineers booed when EL COCO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marco Astrada didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fabinho Pitta scored 1-7 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jeremias Cristos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jeremias Cristos stood somewhat misplaced when Fabinho Pitta came free in front of goal and shot 1-8 to the left of him in the 79 minute. Kieran Floyd took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Apolo Piearres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. EL COCO's Marco Astrada got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fabinho Pitta in the 88thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jeremias Cristos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 95 minutes into the game, The Engineers's Zühtü Celvet nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jeremias Cristos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-10. The Engineers played a much better game than EL COCO and deserved their victory. The EL COCO players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.