Friendly League

Dragons Stronghold
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joaquim Paredes kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Black Dragons's goalkeeper Hannes Dresdner, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 4th minute, Joaquim Paredes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hannes Dresdner was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when I Putu í Lon Jacobsen got free with Rodrigo Lima in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 14th minute, Joaquim Paredes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hannes Dresdner was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Hannes Dresdner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grzegorz Piesciuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Hannes Dresdner didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Machados FC V2's Joaquim Paredes shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Rodrigo Lima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Waud Soetemans in the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Joaquim Paredes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Machados FC V2 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. 32 minutes into the match, Black Dragons's goal looked a bit too open when Grzegorz Piesciuk came free, but Hannes Dresdner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Black Dragons's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pascoal Espírito Santo was slow to take the kick. During this time Machados FC V2's players had a chance to rest. Pascoal Espírito Santo made a great header on Machados FC V2's corner, it was just that Black Dragons's Hannes Dresdner managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by I Putu í Lon Jacobsen in the 35th minute of play forced Machados FC V2's goalkeeper Rodrigo Lima to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A nice corner shot did that Pascoal Espírito Santo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hannes Dresdner quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 39th minute, Joaquim Paredes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hannes Dresdner was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. After 42 played minutes Black Dragons got a freekick which was hit by Waud Soetemans. A collision led to Machados FC V2 getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Remzi Bozlak hit a great ball. After 47 minutes of play, Machados FC V2's Joaquim Paredes made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hannes Dresdner was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for I Putu í Lon Jacobsen to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, Waud Soetemans left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Black Dragons fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. Joaquim Paredes's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hannes Dresdner read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. After 62 minutes of play, Black Dragons's I Putu í Lon Jacobsen made it 2-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rodrigo Lima was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 66th minute I Putu í Lon Jacobsen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodrigo Lima saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Machados FC V2 made a substitution. António Varanda replaced Joaquim Paredes. Machados FC V2's Fernando Couto quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Stephane Pfiffer, made in the 70th minute of the game. After 72 minutes, Raffaelo Anderegg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Black Dragons and the Machados FC V2 players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Machados FC V2 booed when Black Dragons was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raffaelo Anderegg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hannes Dresdner came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Machados FC V2's António Varanda. But to his dismay, António Varanda quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-7. The audience was convinced that I Putu í Lon Jacobsen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rodrigo Lima was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. In the 80th minute I Putu í Lon Jacobsen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodrigo Lima saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fernando Couto hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. 95 minutes in the game Raffaelo Anderegg did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Tade Drescher. When Machados FC V2's António Varanda in the 97th minute got a chance for a shot 97th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Black Dragons's goalie prevented a goal. The Machados FC V2 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Machados FC V2 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.