Friendly League

Pablo Comelli
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Attilio Casciano started the match with the kick off. Lino Rios blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Serafin Bernal having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 7th minute of play forced Talleres de Escalada's goalkeeper Serafin Bernal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Tingelholm, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 16th match minute, Talleres de Escalada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Verner Nordin to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Talleres de Escalada defense, Lino Rios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Serafin Bernal. The Talleres de Escalada fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Serafin Bernal should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe got control of the ball when Miran Moco tried to sneak it across the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 37 minutes, Roberto Eztebe successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. With a little luck, AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe got control of the ball when Miran Moco tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 43rd minute of play forced Talleres de Escalada's goalkeeper Serafin Bernal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the AFC FUSION defense, Jonas Tingelholm kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roberto Eztebe. The AFC FUSION fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roberto Eztebe should have stopped the shot. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Lino Rios made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's goal looked a bit too open when Attilio Casciano came free, but Roberto Eztebe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54th minute Jonas Tingelholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miran Moco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Roberto Eztebe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Attilio Casciano, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 59th minute Jonas Tingelholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute, Attilio Casciano made a precise shot to the right of Roberto Eztebe. AFC FUSION's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. AFC FUSION's Jan Hop was substituted for Wojciech Fiszer. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kai Havertz got free with Serafin Bernal in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Serafin Bernal didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when AFC FUSION's Christoff Stocks shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Talleres de Escalada's Ezequiel Monico was substituted for Miran Moco. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Tingelholm in the 72nd minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute, Paul Vase hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Attilio Casciano in the 76th minute of play. Serafin Bernal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kai Havertz in the 77th minute of play. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Attilio Casciano, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Christoff Stocks had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Serafin Bernal. Talleres de Escalada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christoff Stocks was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Talleres de Escalada's Serafin Bernal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christoff Stocks in the 84th minute of play. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Attilio Casciano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kai Havertz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Serafin Bernal made a huge save. 92 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's goal looked a bit too open when Jonas Tingelholm came free, but Roberto Eztebe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th play minute Kai Havertz came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Serafin Bernal. 2-4. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. AFC FUSION walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.