Friendly League

Ricardo E. Bochini
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ingo Gutzler started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Henning Kläsener took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Higinio Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB defense, Friedrich Hannemann kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pepe Santoro. The INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pepe Santoro should have stopped the shot. Venancio Odol hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Gilberto Fiz got a throw-in 14 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Venancio Odol. A collision led to Nankatsu SC getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Hristo Trendelenburg hit a great ball. When Ingo Gutzler came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Nankatsu SC 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 Ingo Gutzler couldn't finish the play. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ingo Gutzler was slow to take the kick. During this time Nankatsu SC's players had a chance to rest. Henning Kläsener was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Luisito Jaen showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 25 minute of play. A collision led to INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Arsenio Erico hit a great ball. Ingo Gutzler recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's Luisito Jaen got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Narciso Vergaray charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Narciso Vergaray the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 40th match minute, INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Narciso Vergaray to maneuver through the defense. When Friedrich Hannemann came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Nankatsu SC 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 Friedrich Hannemann couldn't finish the play. After 47 played minutes Higinio Barros rounded Nankatsu SC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-1. INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB made a substitution. Candido Mincho replaced Fabio Victoro. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Higinio Barros was the one to do the kick off. After some careless play in the Nankatsu SC defense, Narciso Vergaray kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Henning Kläsener. The Nankatsu SC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Henning Kläsener should have stopped the shot. Ingo Gutzler sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Friedrich Hannemann blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pepe Santoro having to make a save. A collision led to INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Venancio Odol hit a great ball. Ingo Gutzler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Pepe Santoro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Nankatsu SC defense, Narciso Vergaray kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Henning Kläsener. The Nankatsu SC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Henning Kläsener should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisito Jaen in the 88th minute of play forced Nankatsu SC's goalkeeper Henning Kläsener to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Higinio Barros in the 97th minute of play forced Nankatsu SC's goalkeeper Henning Kläsener to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Friedrich Hannemann's late challenge caught a INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Friedrich Hannemann helped the player get up and apologised. Friedrich Hannemann hit a great freekick 101 minutes into the match. INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.