Friendly League

Monumental
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) AC Rangers's Wei De Ling started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Bartolo Beliran made an important save on a dangerous shot by Humberto Beturian in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Rangers's goalkeeper Rosendo Balesio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rosendo Balesio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Cesaro in the 7th minute of play. MARTINETA were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after AC Rangers's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lv Qiang Xiao took the corner. The audience thought a goal was coming when Humberto Beturian got free with Bartolo Beliran in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rosendo Balesio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Cesaro, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by AC Rangers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lv Qiang Xiao was slow to take the kick. During this time MARTINETA's players had a chance to rest. Rafal Kaszubowski made a great header on MARTINETA's corner, it was just that AC Rangers's Rosendo Balesio managed to reach the ball for a save. 22 minutes into the game, MARTINETA's Rafal Kaszubowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rosendo Balesio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 25th minute, Carlos Cesaro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MARTINETA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 29th match minute, AC Rangers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Humberto Beturian to maneuver through the defense. 38 minutes into the match, AC Rangers's goal looked a bit too open when Lv Qiang Xiao came free, but Rosendo Balesio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lv Qiang Xiao in the 42nd minute of play forced AC Rangers's goalkeeper Rosendo Balesio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

AC Rangers's Tihomir Leustek was substituted for Ezequiel Ilazki. AC Rangers made a substitution. Amancio Inocente replaced Clodoveo Neto. The wind increased when Carlos Cesaro made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carlos Cesaro in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rosendo Balesio saved AC Rangers from getting behind. Carlos Cesaro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rosendo Balesio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as MARTINETA's Carlos Cesaro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rosendo Balesio. That made the score 0-4 after 58 minutes of play. MARTINETA's João Severino was substituted for Carlos Cesaro. After a rather tough play, MARTINETA's Rafal Kaszubowski got a free kick in the 67th minute. Nacho Roca could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Rosendo Balesio made a huge save. In the 72nd minute Lv Qiang Xiao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rosendo Balesio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, AC Rangers's Rosendo Balesio got control of the ball when Rafal Kaszubowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, AC Rangers's goalkeeper Rosendo Balesio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nacho Roca. Rosendo Balesio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lv Qiang Xiao in the 77th minute of play. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by AC Rangers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lv Qiang Xiao was slow to take the kick. During this time MARTINETA's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Albino Eliu managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Albino Eliu hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute, Lv Qiang Xiao fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Rosendo Balesio, passed just outside the right post. Rosendo Balesio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albino Eliu in the 88th minute of play. Rosendo Balesio was a little too slow when João Severino got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 93rd minute. The score was now 0-5. In the 97th minute Lv Qiang Xiao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rosendo Balesio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. MARTINETA's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.