Friendly League

Ramon Ferran
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Angel Caton started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience was convinced that Marvelous Škugor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Federico Rolado was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 7th match minute, The Shadows was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bo-Erik Anselius to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 8 minutes, Angel Caton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Acuña's supporters crossed their fingers, but Angel Caton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Federico Rolado came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by The Shadows's Oscar Bratt. But to his dismay, Oscar Bratt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Paolo Alonso might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gordon Banks. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Paolo Alonso ran back to his position shaking his head. Federico Rolado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marvelous Škugor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Paolo Alonso in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gordon Banks prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 26 played minutes The Shadows got a freekick which was hit by Kjell Danielsson. A long shot from Felix Basajaun in the 27th minute of play was well struck, but Gordon Banks made a really good save at the right post. Gordon Banks showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Alonso in the 29th minute of the match. In the 31st match minute, The Shadows was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oscar Bratt to maneuver through the defense. Gordon Banks made an important save on a dangerous shot by Angel Caton in the 32nd minute. Federico Rolado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oscar Bratt, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. When The Shadows's Marvelous Škugor in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Acuña's goalie prevented a goal. In the 39thth minute of the game Marvelous Škugor who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Acuña's Federico Rolado was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Federico Rolado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Reine Eliasson went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Federico Rolado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oscar Bratt, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Gordon Banks made an important save on a dangerous shot by Angel Caton in the 47th minute. The Acuña players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. The Shadows were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marvelous Škugor to make the kick off. After some careless play in the Acuña defense, Marvelous Škugor kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Federico Rolado. The Acuña fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Federico Rolado should have stopped the shot. Paolo Alonso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Gordon Banks tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 66th minute, Paolo Alonso 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. Marvelous Škugor had several of the Acuña's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 67 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Federico Rolado as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 75th minute Reine Eliasson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Federico Rolado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as The Shadows's Reine Eliasson slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Federico Rolado. That made the score 0-5 after 76 minutes of play. Bo-Erik Anselius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Federico Rolado having to interfere. When the match clock showed 89 minutes, the score became 0-6 when Marvelous Škugor sped through Acuña's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Federico Rolado. The Shadows played a much better game than Acuña and deserved their victory. The Acuña players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.