Friendly League

C-7 Parque Tiête
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Philipp Junod made the kick off which started today's match. Vladimir Donato took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Philipp Junod, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 4th match minute, Espen Steelers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Freeman Mächler to maneuver through the defense. Vladimir Donato made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harrison Muntwyler in the 16th minute of play. In the 22nd minute Harrison Muntwyler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vladimir Donato saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vladimir Donato showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Philipp Junod in the 23rd minute of the match. After 25 minutes of play, Espen Steelers's Freeman Mächler made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vladimir Donato was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Philipp Junod had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Espen Steelers's Andre Zurbuchen got control of the ball when Wilson Vianna tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 32 minutes, Freeman Mächler mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Espen Steelers and the UNƗÃØ ĐΔ CΔƗXΔ ₣C players grew even worse after the yellow card. Freeman Mächler hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Freeman Mächler scored 0-2 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vladimir Donato, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 36th minute, Harrison Muntwyler made a precise shot to the right of Vladimir Donato. UNƗÃØ ĐΔ CΔƗXΔ ₣C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Freeman Mächler in the 40th minute of play forced UNƗÃØ ĐΔ CΔƗXΔ ₣C's goalkeeper Vladimir Donato to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 43 minutes, Harrison Muntwyler managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Espen Steelers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Harrison Muntwyler was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Espen Steelers's Marco Léveillé was substituted for Hubert Gartenmann. Espen Steelers's Griffin Melliger was substituted for Freeman Mächler. In the 45th match minute, UNƗÃØ ĐΔ CΔƗXΔ ₣C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorginho Magalhães to maneuver through the defense. Vladimir Donato didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Harrison Muntwyler went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. After the first half Espen Steelers were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rui Marquez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vladimir Donato made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Philipp Junod in the 52nd minute of play. After 55 played minutes UNƗÃØ ĐΔ CΔƗXΔ ₣C got a freekick which was hit by Ian do Vale. Vladimir Donato was out of position in the 59 minute of play, and Harrison Muntwyler capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Harrison Muntwyler really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Espen Steelers's Ryan Stock was substituted for Sebastian Zberg. Vladimir Donato made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Hans Pasquino sent off a good shot on target. Vladimir Donato took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Griffin Melliger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Kenan Vinciguerra came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Espen Steelers fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Kenan Vinciguerra couldn't finish the play. Kenan Vinciguerra hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. 78 minutes into the match, Harrison Muntwyler had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vladimir Donato. UNƗÃØ ĐΔ CΔƗXΔ ₣C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Harrison Muntwyler was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. In the 81st minute, Espen Steelers's Philipp Junod dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. In the 87th minute of the match, Harrison Muntwyler got a very nice opportunity to score, but Vladimir Donato was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Vladimir Donato took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Philipp Junod, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Harrison Muntwyler could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Vladimir Donato made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hans Pasquino got free with Vladimir Donato in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.