Friendly League

La Villa
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Ripa FC's Gu Chang Peng 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. After a rather tough play, Ripa FC's Cirilo Oriche got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 7 minutes into the match, Ripa FC's Gu Chang Peng sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kang Ying Hai narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adan Rufio got free with Aldo Mannie in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Ripa FC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Mateo Lalla hit a great ball. Aldo Mannie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikolaj Giertych in the 17th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Gu Chang Peng's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kang Ying Hai was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Mikolaj Giertych's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aldo Mannie read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. In the 27th minute of the game Mateo Lalla made a throw-in which Smith Wigglesworth played forward. In the 30th match minute, ..Villa Rugby Club.. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentin Geambașu to maneuver through the defense. Kang Ying Hai showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gu Chang Peng, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Mikolaj Giertych's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, Aldo Mannie skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. A sloppy throw-in by Ramiro Lleir in the 34th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Ripa FC's Magnus Löfdahl. Gu Chang Peng scored 0-1 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kang Ying Hai, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Ripa FC booed when ..Villa Rugby Club.. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Claude didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Smith Wigglesworth came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Ripa FC 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 Smith Wigglesworth couldn't finish the play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mikolaj Giertych to make the kick off. When ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Cristian Claude in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ripa FC's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Cristian Claude put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Aldo Mannie. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Olaf Cebula was substituted for Mikolaj Giertych. ..Villa Rugby Club.. made a substitution. Flavio Perez replaced Cavad Lider. Aldo Mannie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olaf Cebula in the 65th minute of the match. A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Daavid Uitto hit a great ball. Ripa FC made a substitution. Franz Grassme replaced Gu Chang Peng. Ripa FC made a substitution. Placido Pero replaced Alvaro Jakes. Ripa FC made a substitution. Ricardo Bochini replaced Joel Tehas. Daavid Uitto kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Ripa FC's Placido Pero shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 70th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Kang Ying Hai but with some difficulty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olaf Cebula in the 72nd minute of play forced Ripa FC's goalkeeper Aldo Mannie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute Franz Grassme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kang Ying Hai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 76th minute Flavio Perez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldo Mannie saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olaf Cebula in the 78th minute of play forced Ripa FC's goalkeeper Aldo Mannie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the match, Ripa FC's Placido Pero sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kang Ying Hai narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Max Feldthaus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 93rd minute, Magnus Löfdahl hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. For all the effort they put into the match, the Ripa FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for ..Villa Rugby Club...