Friendly League

ALICO ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vitaly Skalazub kicked off to start the match. After 3 played minutes Florida Gulf Coast got a freekick which was hit by Benigno Gartzen. After 3 played minutes, FORTALEZA's Pavel Yarmalovich shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lucio Geofredo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FORTALEZA reached it. Florida Gulf Coast's Aurelio Erruki got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Per-Olof Kihlberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nestor Inko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute, Andrey Lamako hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Per-Olof Kihlberg was a little too slow when Nestor Inko got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 13th minute. The score was now 1-0. Per-Olof Kihlberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nestor Inko, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 23 minutes into the match, Florida Gulf Coast's goal looked a bit too open when Vitaly Skalazub came free, but Lucio Geofredo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Constantino Seguinus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Per-Olof Kihlberg having to interfere. 32 minutes into the match, FORTALEZA's goal looked a bit too open when Nestor Inko came free, but Per-Olof Kihlberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute FORTALEZA were awarded a corner. Pavel Yarmalovich went to the cornerflag to take it.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aurelio Erruki made a kick off. FORTALEZA's Per-Olof Kihlberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nestor Inko in the 52nd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, FORTALEZA's goal looked a bit too open when Jem Makaronas came free, but Per-Olof Kihlberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Aurelio Erruki put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Per-Olof Kihlberg. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio Erruki in the 60th minute of play forced FORTALEZA's goalkeeper Per-Olof Kihlberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FORTALEZA's Per-Olof Kihlberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nestor Inko in the 60th minute of play. In the 62nd minute of the match Florida Gulf Coast got a corner. FORTALEZA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jem Makaronas ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Florida Gulf Coast's corner Jem Makaronas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Per-Olof Kihlberg quite easily take care of the ball. Nestor Inko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Per-Olof Kihlberg having to interfere. In the 83rd match minute, FORTALEZA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrey Lamako to maneuver through the defense. Per-Olof Kihlberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nestor Inko in the 84th minute of the match. Per-Olof Kihlberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nestor Inko in the 86th minute of the match. Per-Olof Kihlberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nestor Inko went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in FORTALEZA's zone, Aurelio Erruki stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Per-Olof Kihlberg came out of the goal and Aurelio Erruki tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 95th match minute, Florida Gulf Coast was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benigno Gartzen to maneuver through the defense. Fedor Tabalevich's late challenge caught a Florida Gulf Coast's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fedor Tabalevich helped the player get up and apologised. In the 97th minute, Fedor Tabalevich hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Florida Gulf Coast had played much better football throughout.