Friendly League

Saco FC
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bruno Giordani made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Peter-Jan De Brouwer got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Vänge IF's Ciriaco Hernando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Linus Resentvig in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th minute Mauro Otsoa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Phillip Glerum saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 6 played minutes Vänge IF got a freekick which was hit by Axel Aronsson. After a rather tough play, Vänge IF's Östen Olsson got a free kick in the 7th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mauro Otsoa in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Phillip Glerum saved Saco FC from getting behind. In the 12th minute of the match Vänge IF got a corner. Saco FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rune Aspengren ran over to the corner to take the kick. 14 minutes into the match, Vänge IF's goalkeeper Ciriaco Hernando had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antonio Alzamendi. After 15 played minutes Vänge IF got a freekick which was hit by Ernani Vargas. Saco FC's Phillip Glerum played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauro Otsoa in the 22nd minute of play. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vänge IF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Chris Dhaussy was slow to take the kick. During this time Saco FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Chris Dhaussy got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ciriaco Hernando quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Phillip Glerum made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Giordani in the 28th minute of play. Ciriaco Hernando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Linus Resentvig in the 32nd minute of the match. Phillip Glerum stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mauro Otsoa's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonio Alzamendi got free with Ciriaco Hernando in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 37th minute, Saco FC's Antonio Alzamendi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ciriaco Hernando. Ciriaco Hernando yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 40th minute, Mauro Otsoa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ciriaco Hernando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Linus Resentvig, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ciriaco Hernando was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Chris Dhaussy showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 44 minute of play. Peter-Jan De Brouwer took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ciriaco Hernando. Ciriaco Hernando dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Vänge IF made a substitution. Markus Albäck replaced Mauro Otsoa. Vänge IF made a substitution. Zoltán Tálas replaced Rune Aspengren. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antonio Alzamendi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Antonio Alzamendi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciriaco Hernando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peter-Jan De Brouwer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciriaco Hernando having to interfere. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Vänge IF's goalkeeper Ciriaco Hernando, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vänge IF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Chris Dhaussy was slow to take the kick. During this time Saco FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Saco FC's corner Linus Resentvig fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ciriaco Hernando quite easily take care of the ball. Ciriaco Hernando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter-Jan De Brouwer, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Vänge IF's Ciriaco Hernando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Linus Resentvig in the 63rd minute of play. Ciriaco Hernando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonio Alzamendi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bruno Giordani got free with Phillip Glerum in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ricardo Bochini kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Ciriaco Hernando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonio Alzamendi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute Peter-Jan De Brouwer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciriaco Hernando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ciriaco Hernando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter-Jan De Brouwer in the 81st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Linus Resentvig in the 82nd minute of play forced Vänge IF's goalkeeper Ciriaco Hernando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernani Vargas made in the 86th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Saco FC's Xinaro Iranzo. In the 88th minute Danilo Markel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Phillip Glerum saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Markus Albäck took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Phillip Glerum to make any attempt to save it. Saco FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.