Friendly League

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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adriaan Ricksen got the match started through his kick off. Emilio Trespalacios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damien Luirink in the 3rd minute of play. If Xiao Rotalo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 9th minute, La Granja's Paz Rayon ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gert van der Werff. Gert van der Werff yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. After having played for 12 minutes, Xurdin Arozamena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Granja's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xurdin Arozamena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Harold Wekenburg's late challenge caught a La Granja's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Harold Wekenburg helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of La Granja booed when Hellcity Redstars F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Harold Wekenburg didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 15th minute, Washington Othaz 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. Xiao Rotalo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Gert van der Werff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriaan Ricksen in the 20th minute of play forced La Granja's goalkeeper Emilio Trespalacios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paz Rayon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Gert van der Werff made a huge save. La Granja's Emilio Trespalacios played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Danny Blanker in the 24th minute of play. Paz Rayon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gert van der Werff having to interfere. La Granja's Emilio Trespalacios played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damien Luirink in the 27th minute of play. In the 31st minute Paz Rayon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gert van der Werff saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tomas Pragt kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Gert van der Werff showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Washington Othaz in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Damien Luirink made a precise shot to the right of Emilio Trespalacios. La Granja's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Patricio Herrara took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Gert van der Werff to make any attempt to save it. A collision led to La Granja getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Paz Rayon hit a great ball. Andreas van Nieuwstadt hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Gert van der Werff was a little too slow when Zeruko Elizondo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 48th minute. The score was now 3-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

In the 54th minute of the match Alwin Batum sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Emilio Trespalacios skillfully saved the ball. The supporters of Hellcity Redstars F.C booed when La Granja was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paz Rayon didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute, Paz Rayon made a precise shot to the right of Gert van der Werff. Hellcity Redstars F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. After having played for 72 minutes, Xiao Rotalo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Granja's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xiao Rotalo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Washington Othaz struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Gert van der Werff didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for La Granja. After a rather tough play, La Granja's Paz Rayon got a free kick in the 76th minute. Xiao Rotalo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Gert van der Werff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Harold Wekenburg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Emilio Trespalacios made a huge save. In the 87th minute Henk Ijksma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Trespalacios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 88 minutes, Washington Othaz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Granja's supporters crossed their fingers, but Washington Othaz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 89 minutes into the match, La Granja's goal looked a bit too open when Danny Blanker came free, but Emilio Trespalacios reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 92nd minute of the match, Danny Blanker got a very nice opportunity to score, but Emilio Trespalacios was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Emilio Trespalacios made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Damien Luirink sent off a good shot on target. 95 minutes into the match, Paz Rayon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gert van der Werff. Hellcity Redstars F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paz Rayon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. La Granja had played much better football throughout.