Friendly League

NEW AGE ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Garth Cao Xiao got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Claudio Peter left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Xeneizes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Claudio Peter during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Claudio Peter hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Garth Cao Xiao struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Ubaldo Laurentzi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for River tu grato nombre. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ariel Salvatore during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Garth Cao Xiao succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 21st playminute. A collision led to River tu grato nombre getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Bradley Cody hit a great ball. Xeneizes's Ubaldo Laurentzi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Garth Cao Xiao in the 26th minute of play. After 32 played minutes Xeneizes got a freekick which was hit by Silvestre Cordareo. In the 32nd minute of the match Kraig Rasmussen shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ubaldo Laurentzi showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamin Norton in the 34th minute of play forced Xeneizes's goalkeeper Ubaldo Laurentzi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th match minute, River tu grato nombre was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Connor Rose to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th match minute, River tu grato nombre was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjamin Norton to maneuver through the defense. After 41 played minutes, Xeneizes's Ariel Salvatore shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jayson Burnett 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 Xeneizes reached it. When the match clock showed 44 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Garth Cao Xiao sped through Xeneizes's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ubaldo Laurentzi.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Claudio Peter made a kick off. Ubaldo Laurentzi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bradley Cody, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. 63 minutes into the match, River tu grato nombre's goal looked a bit too open when Claudio Peter came free, but Jayson Burnett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute, Walter Goodwin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aaron Mingo kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Jeff Randall, 69 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 71st minute, Jeff Randall sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Xeneizes's Ubaldo Laurentzi didn't even have to move. In the 76th minute, Benjamin Norton ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ubaldo Laurentzi was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Rodrigo Urtzi's late challenge caught a River tu grato nombre's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rodrigo Urtzi helped the player get up and apologised. After 78 played minutes Xeneizes got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo Urtzi. Ubaldo Laurentzi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Garth Cao Xiao in the 86th minute of play. A collision led to Xeneizes getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Adan Quinton hit a great ball. Kraig Rasmussen took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ubaldo Laurentzi. Xeneizes's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. River tu grato nombre fully deserved thier win.