Friendly League

La Polvera de Boca
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ştefan Lupea got the match started through his kick off. If Ştefan Lupea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Natalio Nabar's late challenge caught a Espen Steelers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Natalio Nabar helped the player get up and apologised. Natalio Nabar hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Hilario Mikeldi charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hilario Mikeldi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th match minute, El Retorno de Palermo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hilario Mikeldi to maneuver through the defense. Florencio Patrido's late challenge caught a Espen Steelers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Florencio Patrido helped the player get up and apologised. Florencio Patrido hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Lenny Rubin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Modesto Olentzaro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 9th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ştefan Lupea in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Modesto Olentzaro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Modesto Olentzaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ştefan Lupea, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Espen Steelers's Albert Einstein was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Modesto Olentzaro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After having played for 24 minutes, Ştefan Lupea managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Espen Steelers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ştefan Lupea was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Modesto Olentzaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albert Einstein, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikola Portner made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Cristo Lorencio sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ştefan Lupea in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Modesto Olentzaro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. El Retorno de Palermo's Modesto Olentzaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albert Einstein in the 37th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Albert Einstein notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of El Retorno de Palermo's Modesto Olentzaro. Modesto Olentzaro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Natalio Nabar to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, one of Espen Steelers:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After some careless play in the Espen Steelers defense, Esteban Panfilo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikola Portner. The Espen Steelers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikola Portner should have stopped the shot. 58 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Albert Einstein came free, but Modesto Olentzaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vincent Albbrecht's late challenge caught a El Retorno de Palermo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vincent Albbrecht helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of El Retorno de Palermo booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vincent Albbrecht didn't get a good kick on the ball. Espen Steelers's Dominik Sauerberg was substituted for Salomone Weber. The supporters of El Retorno de Palermo booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vincent Albbrecht didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to El Retorno de Palermo getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Omar Canor hit a great ball. After 71 minutes, Ştefan Lupea made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. El Retorno de Palermo's Modesto Olentzaro tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Kurt Wüthrich could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Modesto Olentzaro made a huge save. Modesto Olentzaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ştefan Lupea in the 77th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 79th minute of the game. One of Espen Steelers:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of El Retorno de Palermo:s goal. In the 81st minute there was a penalty for El Retorno de Palermo. Esteban Panfilo stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Nikola Portner. 2-4. Modesto Olentzaro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Albert Einstein in the 85th minute. A nice corner shot did that Albert Einstein got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Modesto Olentzaro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After having played for 88 minutes, Dominik Sauerberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Espen Steelers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dominik Sauerberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kurt Wüthrich fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Modesto Olentzaro having to interfere. Albert Einstein received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Modesto Olentzaro came out and tried to block the shot, but Albert Einstein slotted it home off the left post making it 2-5 in the 91st minute. Modesto Olentzaro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kurt Wüthrich went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-6 was the resulting score. In the 97th match minute, El Retorno de Palermo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hilario Mikeldi to maneuver through the defense. In the 98th minute, Albert Einstein sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and El Retorno de Palermo's Modesto Olentzaro didn't even have to move. Espen Steelers's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.