Friendly League

Atherstone
Spectators: 48 (Terracing: 37, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco got the match started through his kick off. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Aguirre Verde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgar Marques in the 3rd minute of play. PP Plessydask's Jan Abrahamsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jürgen Fahlgren in the 5th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Berker Sani got free with Jan Abrahamsson in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jerzy Penkalski charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jerzy Penkalski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of DUBAI Palm Jumeirah booed when PP Plessydask was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artemio Lastur didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jan Abrahamsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jürgen Fahlgren's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. In the 19th minute Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Abrahamsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Babe Baadegaard kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. PP Plessydask's defense didn't have a chance, in the 21st minute, when Berker Sani scored to the left of an out of position Jan Abrahamsson, making the score, 1-0. Berker Sani succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 26th playminute. PP Plessydask's Artemio Lastur suffered a sore thigh after 34 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. PP Plessydask made a substitution. Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer replaced Artemio Lastur. Donato Christobal hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. 40 minutes into the match, PP Plessydask's goal looked a bit too open when Jürgen Fahlgren came free, but Jan Abrahamsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jan Abrahamsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute Jürgen Fahlgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Abrahamsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan Abrahamsson having to interfere. PP Plessydask made a substitution. Palle Pottenstein replaced Per-Oskar Sandström. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hjalmar Haegg was the one to do the kick off. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Aguirre Verde proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save DUBAI Palm Jumeirah from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hjalmar Haegg in the 58th minute of play forced DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goalkeeper Aguirre Verde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Emil Plop came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the DUBAI Palm Jumeirah 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 Emil Plop couldn't finish the play. In the 63rd minute, Sungur Tekin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kuzey Sebat in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 72nd minute of play forced PP Plessydask's goalkeeper Jan Abrahamsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jan Abrahamsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76thth minute of the game Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PP Plessydask's Jan Abrahamsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aguirre Verde made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Babe Baadegaard in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Abrahamsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hjalmar Haegg in the 83rd minute of play forced DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goalkeeper Aguirre Verde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 86 minutes, Aguirre Verde successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Babe Baadegaard was slow to take the kick. During this time PP Plessydask's players had a chance to rest. PP Plessydask's Babe Baadegaard was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Aguirre Verde in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 90th minute, Hjalmar Haegg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PP Plessydask fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. When DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 95th minute got a chance for a shot 95th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PP Plessydask's goalie prevented a goal. After 96 minutes PP Plessydask's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Kuzey Sebat who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Kuzey Sebat almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but PP Plessydask's Jan Abrahamsson did a great save. PP Plessydask's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.