Friendly League

St Johns Wood
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sílvio Veiga got the match started through his kick off. Timo!'s Elpidio Amor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sílvio Veiga in the 4th minute of play. With a little luck, Timo!'s Elpidio Amor got control of the ball when Tomás San Juan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Elpidio Amor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sílvio Veiga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Symba's Anis Achour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ilie Hurmuz in the 7th minute of play. Tacettin Umay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Elpidio Amor made a huge save. 10 minutes into the match, Timo!'s goalkeeper Elpidio Amor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tacettin Umay. After 12 minutes of play, Timo!'s Franco Benvenuto made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anis Achour was left in no man's land by his defense there! Anis Achour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franco Benvenuto in the 19th minute of play. Timo!'s Elpidio Amor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Timo! from getting a goal against them. Anis Achour stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Franco Benvenuto's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. 25 minutes into the game, Sílvio Veiga was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Symba's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Timo! the free kick. After 25 played minutes Symba got a freekick which was hit by Sílvio Veiga. Ilie Hurmuz scored 0-2 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anis Achour, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Timo!'s Elpidio Amor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tacettin Umay in the 33rd minute of play. In the 36thth minute of the game Franco Benvenuto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Symba's Anis Achour was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 37 minutes into the game, Gus Wootton was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Symba's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Timo! the free kick. In the 37th minute, Gus Wootton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 39 minutes, Tadeusz Merski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Timo! and the Symba players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Symba booed when Timo! was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tadeusz Merski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elpidio Amor made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Tomás San Juan sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Ilie Hurmuz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anis Achour was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Alexandr Lunin scored 0-3 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anis Achour, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Franco Benvenuto to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Tomás San Juan 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. After 55 played minutes Timo! got a freekick which was hit by Cristóvão Ortiz. Elpidio Amor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gus Wootton in the 55th minute of the match. Symba were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after Timo!'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gus Wootton took the corner. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Tacettin Umay advanced and headed the ball into goal, 1-3 in the 57th minute. After 60 minutes of play, Symba's Gus Wootton made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elpidio Amor was left in no man's land by his defense there! Symba's Anis Achour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franco Benvenuto in the 63rd minute of play. Timo! made a substitution. Tomas Gelacio replaced Franco Benvenuto. If Tomás San Juan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Augusto Distiratsu got in the 84th minute the ball and tried a long shot which scored to the left of Anis Achour and thus it was 2-5. Elpidio Amor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tacettin Umay in the 92nd minute of the match. The Symba supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Timo!'s performance. The match ended with a win for Timo!.