Friendly League

Fabian C. Peruchena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Piratas FC's Constantino Idacio started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Paulo Txatxu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Spyros Zacharioudakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Piratas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Anibal Lluques came free, but Raimond Lenk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paulo Txatxu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Angelo Rolado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Raimond Lenk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anibal Lluques in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 24th match minute, Q. T. I. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Julian Raymundo to maneuver through the defense. Raimond Lenk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horacio Dolfo in the 27th minute of the match. Roman Steven kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Eleuterio Nuno managed to get in a good position for a shot. Q. T. I.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Eleuterio Nuno was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Raimond Lenk breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Raimond Lenk stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anibal Lluques's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. Raimond Lenk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anibal Lluques, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Raimond Lenk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Horacio Dolfo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Piratas FC booed when Q. T. I. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leopoldo Vermudo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anibal Lluques received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Raimond Lenk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Q. T. I. defense, Angelo Rolado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paulo Txatxu. The Q. T. I. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paulo Txatxu should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anibal Lluques to make the kick off. The throw-in from Serafino Loi in the 54th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Q. T. I.'s Lisandro Abeita. Raimond Lenk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horacio Dolfo in the 55th minute of the match. Raimond Lenk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Raymundo, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Paulo Txatxu made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Spyros Zacharioudakis sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anibal Lluques in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Raimond Lenk saved Piratas FC from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anibal Lluques in the 69th minute of play forced Piratas FC's goalkeeper Raimond Lenk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paulo Txatxu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Angelo Rolado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Q. T. I.'s Casimiro Guillelmus was substituted for Julian Raymundo. Q. T. I. made a substitution. Carlos Sergi replaced Jonas Henrico. 74 minutes into the game, Kryspin Degutis threw the ball into play from the sideline. Q. T. I.'s Lisandro Abeita quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Serafino Loi hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. The corner ended in Angelo Rolado almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Q. T. I.'s Paulo Txatxu did a great save. Raimond Lenk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anibal Lluques, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Raimond Lenk came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Q. T. I.'s Anibal Lluques. But to his dismay, Anibal Lluques quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Serafino Loi kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Anibal Lluques's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raimond Lenk was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anibal Lluques in the 93rd minute of play forced Piratas FC's goalkeeper Raimond Lenk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Piratas FC were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.