Friendly League

Arena Umarizal
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adriano van Beek started the match with the kick off. Cityzens Mdz's Melkior Thorslev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano van Beek in the 4th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Cityzens Mdz's zone, Adriano van Beek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Melkior Thorslev came out of the goal and Adriano van Beek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 14th minute Adriano van Beek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Melkior Thorslev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Melkior Thorslev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano van Beek in the 19th minute of the match. In the 21st minute of the match ✪ XV de Umarizal got a corner. Cityzens Mdz's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Anderson Passos ran over to the corner to take the kick. The Cityzens Mdz fans' excitement grew in the 23rd match minute when Cityzens Mdz's Damaso Lain looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Domingo Bulnes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damaso Lain, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 43 minutes into the match, Cityzens Mdz's goal looked a bit too open when Adriano van Beek came free, but Melkior Thorslev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alberto Argider hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match.

51 minutes into the game, Valdomiro Ribeiro threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cityzens Mdz's Alberto Argider quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. When Adriano van Beek came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the ✪ XV de Umarizal fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Adriano van Beek couldn't finish the play. Domingo Bulnes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sixto Larra in the 57th minute of the match. 58 minutes into the game, Adriano van Beek cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Melkior Thorslev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 72nd minute, Adriano van Beek ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Melkior Thorslev was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. ✪ XV de Umarizal's Raimundo Guerra was substituted for Bai Yan Yong. ✪ XV de Umarizal made a substitution. Lionel 梅西 replaced Adriano van Beek. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cityzens Mdz's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Anderson Passos was slow to take the kick. During this time ✪ XV de Umarizal's players had a chance to rest. 89 minutes into the match, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Lionel 梅西 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Melkior Thorslev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ✪ XV de Umarizal were awarded a corner in the 90th minute after Cityzens Mdz's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Anderson Passos took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Anderson Passos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Melkior Thorslev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Cityzens Mdz getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Sixto Larra hit a great ball. 94 minutes into the game, Tanner Ringler was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cityzens Mdz's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ✪ XV de Umarizal the free kick. After 94 played minutes Cityzens Mdz got a freekick which was hit by Tanner Ringler. Cityzens Mdz's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.