Friendly League

Vikings Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roger Bannister took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 6 minutes, Corneel Andriesens mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Soccer FC and the Rayland FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rayland FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mazinho de Alcântara was slow to take the kick. During this time Real Soccer FC's players had a chance to rest. 16 minutes into the match, Real Soccer FC's goal looked a bit too open when Leszek Sidor came free, but Aristide Lung reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jeoffrey Beetens got free with Joel Bertol in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeoffrey Beetens in the 20th minute of play forced Rayland FC's goalkeeper Joel Bertol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joel Bertol stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristobal Jurgi's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. 25 minutes into the match, Real Soccer FC's goal looked a bit too open when Roger Bannister came free, but Aristide Lung reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rayland FC's Joel Bertol proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Rayland FC from getting a goal against them. Joel Bertol came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Real Soccer FC's Jeoffrey Beetens. But to his dismay, Jeoffrey Beetens quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Aristide Lung stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Roger Bannister's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Endrick de Souza in the 40th minute of play forced Real Soccer FC's goalkeeper Aristide Lung to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute Cristobal Jurgi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joel Bertol saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The audience was convinced that Jeoffrey Beetens's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joel Bertol was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 54th minute Real Soccer FC were awarded a corner. Mazinho de Alcântara went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Real Soccer FC's Mazinho de Alcântara to fire away a dangerous shot which Joel Bertol despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Aristide Lung showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roger Bannister in the 56th minute of the match. Joel Bertol stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jeoffrey Beetens's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute, Roger Bannister 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. Cristobal Jurgi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aristide Lung made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Bannister in the 66th minute of play. Wasyl Redisz hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Joel Bertol didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jeoffrey Beetens went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Rayland FC's Reynardo Salto was substituted for Frederic Ramm. In the 78th minute of the game Eloi Bermudo made a throw-in which Endrick de Souza played forward. Joel Bertol showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeoffrey Beetens, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Mazinho de Alcântara blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Joel Bertol having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cristobal Jurgi in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Joel Bertol prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Szczepan Podolski kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Roger Bannister could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Aristide Lung made a huge save. Selatse Betances hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Mazinho de Alcântara took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Joel Bertol. Joel Bertol dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Rayland FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Real Soccer FC.