Friendly League

Marvel Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Seed Town West's Harold Sigtenborg 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. In the 3rd minute Harold Sigtenborg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but German Ourente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valder Garmann during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Seed Town West getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Valder Garmann hit a great ball. If Marvin Vaarmark had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anibal Bonifaco charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anibal Bonifaco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 0-1 became the score in the 13th minute when Valder Garmann elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 18 minutes into the match, Harold Sigtenborg notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Rafaela FC's German Ourente. German Ourente was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Marvin Vaarmark had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rafaela FC's German Ourente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valder Garmann in the 27th minute of play. German Ourente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harold Sigtenborg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 34th minute, Chidozie Kenobi made a precise shot to the right of German Ourente. Rafaela FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. The audience was convinced that Harold Sigtenborg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but German Ourente was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Rafaela FC's zone, Harold Sigtenborg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. German Ourente came out of the goal and Harold Sigtenborg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 40 minutes into the match, Harold Sigtenborg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of German Ourente. Rafaela FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Harold Sigtenborg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The audience was convinced that Harold Sigtenborg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but German Ourente was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Rafaela FC defense, Harold Sigtenborg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of German Ourente. The Rafaela FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that German Ourente should have stopped the shot. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anibal Bonifaco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 55 minutes, Marvin Vaarmark managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Seed Town West's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marvin Vaarmark was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With his leg German Ourente managed to avoid a goal in the 59thth minute, when Seed Town West's Harold Sigtenborg fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to Seed Town West getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Chidozie Kenobi hit a great ball. 75 minutes into the match, Harold Sigtenborg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of German Ourente. Rafaela FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Harold Sigtenborg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. In the 78th minute, Balder Grukov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Đorđije Élisabeth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusebio Criston, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valder Garmann in the 86th minute of play forced Rafaela FC's goalkeeper German Ourente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th match minute, Rafaela FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romeo Raphael to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Harold Sigtenborg got free with German Ourente in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. German Ourente was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Harold Sigtenborg showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-9 in the 98 minute of play. The Rafaela FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Seed Town West were clearly better and deserved to take the win.