Friendly League

Patrik Jensrud
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Carlos Luna started the match with the kick off. Vincent Aalberts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Luna, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. • El Croacia fobal club •'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Carlos Luna in the 5th minute. After 7 minutes of play, • El Croacia fobal club •'s Carlos Luna made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vincent Aalberts was left in no man's land by his defense there! • El Croacia fobal club •'s Guido Quintin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save • El Croacia fobal club • from getting a goal against them. The supporters of • El Croacia fobal club • booed when CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Barış Mübarek didn't get a good kick on the ball. 14 minutes into the match, • El Croacia fobal club •'s goal looked a bit too open when Hélder Fonseca came free, but Guido Quintin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Albert Einstein hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 19 played minutes, • El Croacia fobal club •'s Carlos Luna shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vincent Aalberts came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in • El Croacia fobal club • reached it. • El Croacia fobal club •'s Eustaquio Pepillo managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Čeněk Vetešník in the 30 minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Carlos Luna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vincent Aalberts was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Vincent Aalberts made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Luna in the 33rd minute of play. Eustaquio Pepillo kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. If Hélder Fonseca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 47th minute of the game. One of CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of • El Croacia fobal club •:s goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hélder Fonseca stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Eustaquio Pepillo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ defense, Carlos Luna kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vincent Aalberts. The CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vincent Aalberts should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vivaldo Trancoso in the 61st minute of play forced • El Croacia fobal club •'s goalkeeper Guido Quintin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. • El Croacia fobal club • made a substitution. Hüsmen Ulutaş replaced Emanuel Mitxaut. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Rigan Frankson was substituted for Hélder Fonseca. Ediz Bey made in the 65th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Ediz Bey immediately put the ball in play. 69 minutes into the game, Celestino Garaile was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave • El Croacia fobal club • the free kick. Hüsmen Ulutaş sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 81st match minute, • El Croacia fobal club • was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ola Klementsson to maneuver through the defense. After 84 played minutes CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ got a freekick which was hit by Mateo Nuno. In the 86th match minute, CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albert Einstein to maneuver through the defense. Rigan Frankson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Guido Quintin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play.