Friendly League

Milo Joyce Memorial
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lv Zhou kicked off to start the match. Xavier Salazar's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Leonard Rosen firmly grabbed it by the left post. Laurence Suggs made in the 9th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by AA Bełchatów's Konrad Klack. Laurence Suggs made in the 11th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by AA Bełchatów's Konrad Klack. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind LOS BUITRES's goalkeeper Loco Higuita, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Vitinho de Barros recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, LOS BUITRES's Laurence Suggs got a free kick in the 22nd minute. 32 minutes into the match, LOS BUITRES's goal looked a bit too open when Vitinho de Barros came free, but Loco Higuita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Loco Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitinho de Barros in the 32nd minute of the match. A collision led to LOS BUITRES getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Leonard Lixandru hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Vitinho de Barros managed to get in a good position for a shot. AA Bełchatów's supporters rose to their feet, but Vitinho de Barros was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Loco Higuita breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, AA Bełchatów's Konrad Klack got a free kick in the 44th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vitinho de Barros stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, AA Bełchatów's Vitinho de Barros sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Loco Higuita narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 58 minutes into the match, LOS BUITRES's goalkeeper Loco Higuita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vitinho de Barros. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by LOS BUITRES's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Konrad Klack was slow to take the kick. During this time AA Bełchatów's players had a chance to rest. AA Bełchatów's Leonard Rosen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lv Zhou in the 63rd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, LOS BUITRES's goalkeeper Loco Higuita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ludomil Frankowski. LOS BUITRES's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Ludomil Frankowski scored to the left of an out of position Loco Higuita, making the score, 1-1. LOS BUITRES's Fan Xiang Kuan was substituted for Xavier Salazar. Lv Zhou kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Konrad Klack made in the 73rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by LOS BUITRES's Narciso Socorro. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lv Zhou in the 74th minute of play forced AA Bełchatów's goalkeeper Leonard Rosen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Loco Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ludomil Frankowski in the 81st minute of the match. Leonard Rosen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fan Xiang Kuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. LOS BUITRES's Loco Higuita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save LOS BUITRES from getting a goal against them. In the 87th minute of the match Konrad Klack shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Loco Higuita showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When Fan Xiang Kuan fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LOS BUITRES's protests and gave Fan Xiang Kuan a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of AA Bełchatów booed when LOS BUITRES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fan Xiang Kuan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Loco Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ludomil Frankowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute.