Friendly League

Field of Dreams
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Anxo Valiente got the match started through his kick off. The audience was convinced that Victor Azeari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Urko Baezabal was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. With his leg Urko Baezabal managed to avoid a goal in the 4thth minute, when Fractal FC's Ildefonso Laurentzi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 9 minutes into the match, Anxo Valiente notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Fractal FC's Tiburcio Oliverios. Tiburcio Oliverios was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in AlmaToran's zone, Raimundo Diagur stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Urko Baezabal came out of the goal and Raimundo Diagur 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, Fractal FC's Ermegildo Mikolas seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ermegildo Mikolas the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Fractal FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ermegildo Mikolas had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 15 played minutes Fractal FC got a freekick which was hit by Ermegildo Mikolas. After 16 played minutes Fractal FC got a freekick which was hit by Raimundo Diagur. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anxo Valiente in the 18th minute of play forced Fractal FC's goalkeeper Tiburcio Oliverios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gogo Elia hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. A collision led to Fractal FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Ildefonso Laurentzi hit a great ball. Ihazintu Reig charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ihazintu Reig the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 33 played minutes AlmaToran got a freekick which was hit by Ihazintu Reig. Gogo Elia made in the 39th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by AlmaToran's Ferdinand Berga. In the 40th minute, Anxo Valiente ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tiburcio Oliverios was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. AlmaToran's Ihazintu Reig got his second yellow card of the match in the 45th minute. The referee ordered Ihazintu Reig off the ground.

After 56 played minutes AlmaToran got a freekick which was hit by Anxo Valiente. Victor Azeari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urko Baezabal having to interfere. Severino Domenec struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Urko Baezabal didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Fractal FC. 66 minutes into the match, Fractal FC's goal looked a bit too open when Anxo Valiente came free, but Tiburcio Oliverios reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tiburcio Oliverios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anxo Valiente in the 74th minute of play. When Eduardo Lander came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Fractal FC 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 Eduardo Lander couldn't finish the play. In the 82nd minute, AlmaToran's Anxo Valiente ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tiburcio Oliverios. Tiburcio Oliverios yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Anxo Valiente during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 87 played minutes AlmaToran got a freekick which was hit by Anxo Valiente. With a little luck, Fractal FC's Tiburcio Oliverios got control of the ball when Anxo Valiente tried to sneak it across the goal line. The AlmaToran players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.