Friendly League

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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Conjunto Paisa's Matxin Maliaño started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Todd Morrison in the 4th minute of play forced Conjunto Paisa's goalkeeper Lev Yashin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Crusaders's Ernest Paddle proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Crusaders from getting a goal against them. Ernest Paddle made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matxin Maliaño in the 8th minute. In the 8th minute Harriet Basabe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernest Paddle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ernest Paddle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Angel, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Matxin Maliaño could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Ernest Paddle made a huge save. Ernest Paddle was a little too slow when Tomás Angel got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 14th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 18th minute Matxin Maliaño shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernest Paddle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ernest Paddle was a little too slow when Harriet Basabe got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 21st minute. The score was now 2-0. In the 27th minute, Abel Alonso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 28 played minutes, Conjunto Paisa's Wei Yu Zheng shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ernest Paddle 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 Conjunto Paisa reached it. If Eustacio Astrada had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lev Yashin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Humphrey Virgin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lev Yashin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eustacio Astrada, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Conjunto Paisa's Lev Yashin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Todd Morrison in the 41st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomás Angel got free with Ernest Paddle in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The wind increased when Humphrey Virgin made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Conjunto Paisa's Ke Hui Kuan got a free kick in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matxin Maliaño in the 55th minute of play forced Crusaders's goalkeeper Ernest Paddle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernest Paddle made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matxin Maliaño in the 56th minute of play. Matxin Maliaño sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ernest Paddle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harriet Basabe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Humphrey Virgin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Crusaders's supporters rose to their feet, but Humphrey Virgin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lev Yashin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Stavros Keratomenos hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Ernest Paddle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matxin Maliaño, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harriet Basabe in the 73rd minute of play forced Crusaders's goalkeeper Ernest Paddle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 74 minutes Crusaders's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Wei Yu Zheng who took care of the corner kick. Eustacio Astrada sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ernest Paddle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Angel, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 84th match minute, Crusaders was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Alonso to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Harriet Basabe in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ernest Paddle saved Crusaders from getting behind. With a little luck, Conjunto Paisa's Lev Yashin got control of the ball when Humphrey Virgin tried to sneak it across the goal line. 93 minutes into the match, Tomás Angel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ernest Paddle. Crusaders's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomás Angel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0.