Friendly League

ESA MONUMENTAL
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Karol Panasewicz took the kick off in the first half of the match. Robin Sharma showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrew Dalli, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. The audience was convinced that Karol Panasewicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jorge Armani was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Lê Yang kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Devidatta Vendetta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Robin Sharma made a huge save. In the 16thth minute of the game Karol Panasewicz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Esmeralda AFC's Jorge Armani was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jorge Armani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Karol Panasewicz's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. Robin Sharma showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eloy Calvino, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Jorge Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karol Panasewicz in the 22nd minute of the match. If Karol Panasewicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 25 minutes into the match, Esmeralda AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Karol Panasewicz came free, but Jorge Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Karol Panasewicz in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jorge Armani saved Esmeralda AFC from getting behind. Jorge Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karol Panasewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Devidatta Vendetta got free with Robin Sharma in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jorge Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karol Panasewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 40 minutes into the game, Blue Mountain State's Karol Panasewicz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jorge Armani made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Jorge Armani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Karol Panasewicz went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andrew Dalli stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Robin Sharma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eloy Calvino in the 52nd minute of play. Karol Panasewicz's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 56thth minute, Jorge Armani skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Jorge Armani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Karol Panasewicz in the 61st minute. Eloy Calvino hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Blue Mountain State's Hong Shi Wei was substituted for Aykut Aşkın. After a rather tough play, Esmeralda AFC's Eloy Calvino got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 65th minute of the match, Hong Shi Wei got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jorge Armani was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Jorge Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 69th minute of play. Esmeralda AFC's Jorge Armani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Esmeralda AFC from getting a goal against them. After 71 minutes of play, Blue Mountain State's Lionel-Andrés Messi made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jorge Armani was left in no man's land by his defense there! Esmeralda AFC's Di Yong Yu was substituted for Nicasio Fonda. In the 78th match minute, Esmeralda AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kong Kun Xu to maneuver through the defense. In the 81st minute Blue Mountain State were awarded a corner. Afşar Uçuk went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Blue Mountain State's corner Afşar Uçuk fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jorge Armani quite easily take care of the ball. With a little luck, Esmeralda AFC's Jorge Armani got control of the ball when Hong Shi Wei tried to sneak it across the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, Blue Mountain State's goal looked a bit too open when Di Yong Yu came free, but Robin Sharma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 93rdth minute of the game Eloy Calvino who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Blue Mountain State's Robin Sharma was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jorge Armani saved Esmeralda AFC from getting behind. The Blue Mountain State players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.