Friendly League

Elvio Maore
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 陆奕霆 got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安's zone, Joel Matteo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 韩旭勇 came out of the goal and Joel Matteo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 14th minute 温源卫 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clodoveo Aresti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Dario Abaunza fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Invisible's protests and gave Dario Abaunza a yellow card for diving instead. 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安 made a substitution. 谢骏烨 replaced 温源卫. The supporters of 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安 booed when Invisible was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dario Abaunza didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 19th minute, 陆奕霆 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After a rather tough play, 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安's 曲梁鹏 got a free kick in the 24th minute. 韩旭勇 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Matteo in the 25th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, Invisible's goal looked a bit too open when 徐浩翔 came free, but Clodoveo Aresti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that 谢骏烨's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clodoveo Aresti was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. 谢骏烨's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Clodoveo Aresti read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. Clodoveo Aresti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 陆奕霆 in the 34th minute of the match. If 陆奕霆 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 39th minute 陆奕霆 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clodoveo Aresti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cristo Piorno to make the kick off. In the 50th match minute, Invisible was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urbano Laurgain to maneuver through the defense. In the 52nd minute, 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安's 徐浩翔 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Clodoveo Aresti. Clodoveo Aresti yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 陆奕霆 in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Clodoveo Aresti saved Invisible from getting behind. Clodoveo Aresti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 陆奕霆, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 72 played minutes 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安 got a freekick which was hit by 贺昂渊. In the 86thth minute of the game 谢骏烨 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Invisible's Clodoveo Aresti was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安's 徐浩翔 got a free kick in the 88th minute. If 谢骏烨 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 93 played minutes, 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安's 贺昂渊 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Clodoveo Aresti 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 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安 reached it. 『挑战者』中华泰山.天下泰安's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.