Friendly League

Folke Anderson
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Damian Maftei got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute Esmeraldas S.C. were awarded a corner. Stefanos Terzopoulos went to the cornerflag to take it. 6 minutes into the match, Esmeraldas S.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Leonel Eguzki came free, but Aguinaga Nebot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aguinaga Nebot didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Danila Krachkovskiy went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Playo in the 15th minute of play forced Esmeraldas S.C.'s goalkeeper Aguinaga Nebot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aguinaga Nebot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radomir Tomiczek, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After having played for 20 minutes, Willy Reynolds managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Esmeraldas S.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Willy Reynolds was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Esmeraldas S.C. defense, Danila Krachkovskiy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aguinaga Nebot. The Esmeraldas S.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aguinaga Nebot should have stopped the shot. Vinicio Felipo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefanos Terzopoulos in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by EL CERVECERO F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stefanos Terzopoulos was slow to take the kick. During this time Esmeraldas S.C.'s players had a chance to rest. In the 36th minute Radomir Tomiczek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aguinaga Nebot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aguinaga Nebot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valer Bălășoiu in the 39th minute of play. In the 42nd match minute, EL CERVECERO F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 郝霖宁 to maneuver through the defense. Willy Reynolds fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vinicio Felipo having to interfere. After the first half EL CERVECERO F.C. were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ernesto Playo was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willy Reynolds in the 53rd minute of play forced EL CERVECERO F.C.'s goalkeeper Vinicio Felipo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Esmeraldas S.C.'s Willy Reynolds in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye EL CERVECERO F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. 郝霖宁 charged in rather forcefully in the 60th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 郝霖宁 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 61st minute, 郝霖宁 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 63rd minute, Stefanos Terzopoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vinicio Felipo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Daniel Castillo was substituted for Martinez Cines. In the 67th minute, Gogo Gumaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vinicio Felipo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Willy Reynolds, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute, Danila Krachkovskiy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The EL CERVECERO F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. In the 79th minute, Niceto Ranolfo 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. With an all-out effort, EL CERVECERO F.C.'s Aguinaga Nebot threw himself towards the right post 82 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ernesto Playo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Aguinaga Nebot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niceto Ranolfo in the 88th minute of play. Willy Reynolds sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Willy Reynolds sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Stefanos Terzopoulos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vinicio Felipo was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched EL CERVECERO F.C. eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.