Friendly League

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Markuss Reliņš got the match started through his kick off. Markuss Reliņš's late challenge caught a Sao Brasola's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Markuss Reliņš helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd minute, Markuss Reliņš hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zigmunds Lasmans during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, SK Annenieki's Zigmunds Lasmans got a free kick in the 5th minute. Cristo Kane took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Balvis Druva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 12 minutes into the game, SK Annenieki's Zigmunds Lasmans nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cristo Kane made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Markuss Reliņš recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 17th minute Reinis Rodiks shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristo Kane saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Markuss Reliņš came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the SK Annenieki 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 Markuss Reliņš couldn't finish the play. Pio Padre hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. If Zigmunds Lasmans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zigmunds Lasmans in the 26th minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Cristo Kane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Sao Brasola defense, Markuss Reliņš kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristo Kane. The Sao Brasola fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristo Kane should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Reinis Rodiks managed to get in a good position for a shot. SK Annenieki's supporters rose to their feet, but Reinis Rodiks was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristo Kane breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cristo Kane didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Reinis Rodiks went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Anthony Falcioni charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anthony Falcioni the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Sarmis Rasa took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 37th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cristo Kane. Sao Brasola's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markuss Reliņš in the 39th minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Cristo Kane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristo Kane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reinis Rodiks in the 44th minute of the match. Sao Brasola's Cristo Kane played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinis Rodiks in the 46th minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Zigmunds Lasmans came free, but Cristo Kane reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Anthony Falcioni made a kick off. After 50 played minutes SK Annenieki got a freekick which was hit by Markuss Reliņš. Cristo Kane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Markuss Reliņš in the 55th minute of play. With his leg Cristo Kane managed to avoid a goal in the 56thth minute, when SK Annenieki's Markuss Reliņš fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Inārs Ozolkalns received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cristo Kane came out and tried to block the shot, but Inārs Ozolkalns slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 60th minute. 67 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Zigmunds Lasmans came free, but Cristo Kane reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristo Kane made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zigmunds Lasmans in the 69th minute. Cristo Kane was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Markuss Reliņš showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 70 minute of play. Cristo Kane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Inārs Ozolkalns in the 77th minute of play. Cristo Kane showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zigmunds Lasmans, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 84 minutes, Cristo Kane successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Cristo Kane made an important save on a dangerous shot by Markuss Reliņš in the 87th minute. Sao Brasola's defense didn't have a chance, in the 88th minute, when Zigmunds Lasmans scored to the left of an out of position Cristo Kane, making the score, 0-6. Cristo Kane was out of position in the 91 minute of play, and Reinis Rodiks capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Reinis Rodiks really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. When the match was over SK Annenieki could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Sao Brasola throughout the match.