Friendly League

Alfredo Di Stéfano
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Turgay Hafi started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes, Braulio Emeterio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ripa FC and the Bancruz F.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 4th minute of the game. One of Ripa FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Bancruz F.C:s goal. Ripa FC's Alvaro Jakes got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 11th minute Luca Driver 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Turgay Hafi in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aldo Mannie prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 17 minutes into the match, Ripa FC's goalkeeper Aldo Mannie had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Arixo. After 18 minutes of play, Ripa FC's Alvaro Jakes made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ciro Nerio was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aldo Mannie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Turgay Hafi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 23 played minutes Ripa FC got a freekick which was hit by Alejandro Frederico. In the 26th minute of the match Bancruz F.C got a corner. Ripa FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Carlos Arixo ran over to the corner to take the kick. Bancruz F.C's Ciro Nerio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gu Chang Peng in the 29th minute of play. Ciro Nerio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gu Chang Peng in the 29th minute of the match. Aldo Mannie stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Turgay Hafi's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. Bancruz F.C's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Carlos Arixo in the 32nd minute. The corner ended in Carlos Arixo almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ripa FC's Aldo Mannie did a great save. 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 Ciro Nerio was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. 43 minutes into the match, Ripa FC's goal looked a bit too open when Turgay Hafi came free, but Aldo Mannie reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aldo Mannie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Turgay Hafi in the 46th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gu Chang Peng to make the kick off. After 52 minutes, Mateo Lalla mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ripa FC and the Bancruz F.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 57th minute, Gu Chang Peng ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ciro Nerio was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 61 minutes into the game, Mateo Lalla threw the ball into play from the sideline. Bancruz F.C's Nunez Tano quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The supporters of Bancruz F.C booed when Ripa FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mateo Lalla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bancruz F.C's Turgay Hafi got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bancruz F.C's Çelikan Koçaş was substituted for Turgay Hafi. Ripa FC made a substitution. Ricardo Bochini replaced Joel Tehas. A nice corner shot did that Placido Pero got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ciro Nerio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Çelikan Koçaş received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Aldo Mannie tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 79th minute, Placido Pero 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. 81 minutes into the game, one of Ripa FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The excitement rose when Bancruz F.C's Carlos Arixo after 82 played minutes turned away three defenders near the goal, and after that shot a ball that was too difficult for Ripa FC's goalkeeper to hold. Score! 2-2. Donato Torres received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ciro Nerio came out and tried to block the shot, but Donato Torres slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 85th minute. Ciro Nerio made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Donato Torres sent off a good shot on target. Aldo Mannie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Arixo, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. After 92 played minutes Ripa FC got a freekick which was hit by Ricardo Bochini. In the 94th minute Ricardo Bochini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Nerio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ciro Nerio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Torres in the 96th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Donato Torres got free with Ciro Nerio in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.