Friendly League

José Dellagiovanna
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Teofilo Virila got the match started through his kick off. Tigre's Stefan Orlicki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerry Fristedt in the 4th minute of play. VfL Wolfsburg were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Tigre's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Martin Hedlund took the corner. Olle Tunander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Genaro Nataniel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Arnaldo Lore fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tigre's protests and gave Arnaldo Lore a yellow card for diving instead. In the 12th match minute, Tigre was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arnaldo Lore to maneuver through the defense. Olle Tunander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gwyn Lawson in the 16th minute of play. VfL Wolfsburg's Olle Tunander proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save VfL Wolfsburg from getting a goal against them. Arnaldo Lore could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Olle Tunander made a huge save. Olle Tunander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teofilo Virila in the 29th minute of the match. Martin Hedlund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Stefan Orlicki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Alfons Delin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stefan Orlicki was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Olle Tunander didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arnaldo Lore went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Stefan Orlicki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marouane Kiefer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arnaldo Lore's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Olle Tunander firmly grabbed it by the left post. Martin Hedlund charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Martin Hedlund the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpected shot in the 45th minute by Arnaldo Lore got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Tigre's Teofilo Virila got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 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 1-0.

52 minutes into the game, one of Tigre:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Martin Hedlund shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Tigre's Stefan Orlicki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Hedlund in the 54th minute of play. In the 61st match minute, VfL Wolfsburg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Hedlund to maneuver through the defense. Tigre's Stefan Orlicki proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Tigre from getting a goal against them. 69 minutes into the match, Tigre's goalkeeper Stefan Orlicki had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marouane Kiefer. In the 71st match minute, VfL Wolfsburg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jerry Fristedt to maneuver through the defense. Martin Hedlund kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. The supporters of Tigre booed when VfL Wolfsburg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kenneth Wallander didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 80th minute Genaro Nataniel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olle Tunander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, VfL Wolfsburg's goal looked a bit too open when Gwyn Lawson came free, but Olle Tunander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Tigre's Genaro Nataniel got a free kick in the 86th minute. When Jerry Fristedt came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the VfL Wolfsburg 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 Jerry Fristedt couldn't finish the play. Genaro Nataniel kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. After having played for 92 minutes, Jerry Fristedt managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VfL Wolfsburg's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jerry Fristedt was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Olle Tunander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnaldo Lore, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. When Teofilo Virila came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Tigre 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 Teofilo Virila couldn't finish the play.