Friendly League

Estadio Yatai
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Humphrey Virgin started the match with the kick off. When La Armada Buscapina's Alejandro Papaggelatos in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Crusaders's goalie prevented a goal. 8 minutes into the game, Crusaders's Todd Morrison nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Chupan Moco made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Alejandro Papaggelatos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernest Paddle was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. In the 18th minute of the match La Armada Buscapina got a corner. Crusaders's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Esteban Cambiasso ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Todd Morrison in the 20th minute of play forced La Armada Buscapina's goalkeeper Chupan Moco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chupan Moco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eustacio Astrada in the 23rd minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, Stavros Keratomenos notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of La Armada Buscapina's Chupan Moco. Chupan Moco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Humphrey Virgin in the 29th minute of play forced La Armada Buscapina's goalkeeper Chupan Moco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute Eustacio Astrada shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chupan Moco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chupan Moco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Todd Morrison in the 33rd minute of play. La Armada Buscapina's Chupan Moco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Todd Morrison in the 34th minute of play. Nunez Natanael kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Rasmus Wall hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Ernest Paddle came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by La Armada Buscapina's Alejandro Papaggelatos. But to his dismay, Alejandro Papaggelatos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Ernest Paddle stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alejandro Papaggelatos's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. Ernest Paddle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Candido Ibañez, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. La Armada Buscapina's Candido Ibañez managed to work through Crusaders's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Candido Ibañez dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Alejandro Papaggelatos made the kick off in the second half. Ernest Paddle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liev Tolstoy, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. When Liev Tolstoy came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the La Armada Buscapina 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 Liev Tolstoy couldn't finish the play. La Armada Buscapina's Chupan Moco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Todd Morrison in the 58th minute of play. In the 60th minute, 贺剑永 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ernest Paddle made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejandro Papaggelatos in the 63rd minute of play. Ernest Paddle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alejandro Papaggelatos, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Candido Ibañez in the 72nd minute of play forced Crusaders's goalkeeper Ernest Paddle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alejandro Papaggelatos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ernest Paddle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alejandro Papaggelatos, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Porter Rishton hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. La Armada Buscapina's Casimiro Librado was substituted for Abdullatif Özdağ. Crusaders made a substitution. Nath Hislop replaced Todd Morrison. In the 78th minute, Porter Rishton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 82 minutes into the match, La Armada Buscapina's goalkeeper Chupan Moco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eustacio Astrada. Chupan Moco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humphrey Virgin, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Eustacio Astrada's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Chupan Moco read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play.