Friendly League

Diego A. Maradona
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. Lino Rios started the match with the kick off. When Jan Hop came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the AFC FUSION 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 Jan Hop couldn't finish the play. Lino Rios scored 0-1 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Maximiliano Astudillo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 12 minutes into the match, SAN MARTIN F.C.'s Abelardo Roland sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roberto Eztebe narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Rigoberto Firmo's late challenge caught a AFC FUSION's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rigoberto Firmo helped the player get up and apologised. Rigoberto Firmo kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, SAN MARTIN F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Lino Rios came free, but Maximiliano Astudillo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lino Rios sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. SAN MARTIN F.C.'s Maximiliano Astudillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 20th minute of play. Lino Rios sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Maximiliano Astudillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lino Rios, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th minute, Lino Rios left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AFC FUSION fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. The supporters of SAN MARTIN F.C. booed when AFC FUSION was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paul Vase didn't get a good kick on the ball. Maximiliano Astudillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lino Rios in the 32nd minute of the match. Maximiliano Astudillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lino Rios in the 37th minute of the match. Maximiliano Astudillo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lino Rios in the 39th minute of play. After 41 minutes of play, AFC FUSION's Lino Rios made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maximiliano Astudillo was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Lino Rios came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the AFC FUSION 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 Lino Rios couldn't finish the play. Maximiliano Astudillo came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by AFC FUSION's Lino Rios. But to his dismay, Lino Rios quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abelardo Roland stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, AFC FUSION's Jan Hop dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. Maximiliano Astudillo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Lino Rios showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-7 in the 54 minute of play. With a little luck, SAN MARTIN F.C.'s Maximiliano Astudillo got control of the ball when Lino Rios tried to sneak it across the goal line. 61 minutes into the game, Lino Rios recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Maximiliano Astudillo. Lino Rios showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-8. Lino Rios recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lino Rios succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-10 in the 70th playminute. In the 80th minute, Christoff Stocks reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Maximiliano Astudillo. The goal made the score 0-12. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoff Stocks in the 90th minute of play forced SAN MARTIN F.C.'s goalkeeper Maximiliano Astudillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Aureliano Arnau came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the AFC FUSION 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 Aureliano Arnau couldn't finish the play. AFC FUSION's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.