Friendly League

Palacio del Amor
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Seth Yeats took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ferrando Ferreira got free with Ezra Griggs in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Jacob Scruggs managed to get in a good position for a shot. Slower Lower FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jacob Scruggs was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tabby Leceta breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Slower Lower FC's Ezra Griggs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gillermo Serrano in the 8th minute of play. Gillermo Serrano in the 9thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ezra Griggs, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Ezra Griggs didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Halcon Sport 69's Gillermo Serrano shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 15 minutes into the match, Slower Lower FC's goalkeeper Ezra Griggs had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gillermo Serrano. Tabby Leceta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Seth Yeats in the 19th minute of the match. When Gillermo Serrano came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Halcon Sport 69 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 Gillermo Serrano couldn't finish the play. Germano Gestoso's late challenge caught a Slower Lower FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Germano Gestoso helped the player get up and apologised. Boniel Tama recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Gillermo Serrano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ezra Griggs was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. 32 minutes into the game, Halcon Sport 69's Gillermo Serrano nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ezra Griggs made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. 37 minutes into the match, Halcon Sport 69's Boniel Tama sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ezra Griggs narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Boniel Tama received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Ezra Griggs tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 43 minutes into the match, Boniel Tama notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Slower Lower FC's Ezra Griggs. Ezra Griggs was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gillermo Serrano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gillermo Serrano struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Ezra Griggs didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Halcon Sport 69. Jacobo Pan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 60th minute Gillermo Serrano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ezra Griggs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Francisco Henderson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Boniel Tama managed to get in a good position for a shot. Halcon Sport 69's supporters rose to their feet, but Boniel Tama was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ezra Griggs breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 66th minute Ferrando Ferreira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ezra Griggs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Ferrando Ferreira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ferrando Ferreira scored 5-0 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ezra Griggs, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Halcon Sport 69's Gillermo Serrano in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Slower Lower FC's goalie prevented a goal. Ezra Griggs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gillermo Serrano in the 79th minute of play. Gillermo Serrano scored 6-0 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ezra Griggs, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 88th match minute, Slower Lower FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacob Scruggs to maneuver through the defense. Ezra Griggs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gillermo Serrano, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. When the match clock showed 95 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Gillermo Serrano sped through Slower Lower FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ezra Griggs. There was no doubt that Halcon Sport 69 were the better team. Halcon Sport 69's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.