Friendly League

La Polvera de Boca
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Gerardo Oalo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Gilbert Gorzkiewicz made a precise shot to the right of Anibal Egoitz. El Retorno de Palermo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 9th minute, Roland Schiavi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When El Retorno de Palermo's Danilo Milian in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Abandon All Hope's goalie prevented a goal. El Retorno de Palermo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rosendo Izotz in the 11th minute. After 15 minutes, Gerardo Oalo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Retorno de Palermo and the Abandon All Hope players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gerardo Oalo hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Gerardo Oalo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Meng Yan Jing made a huge save. 22 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Ye Hong came free, but Anibal Egoitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Meng Yan Jing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerardo Oalo in the 27th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Abandon All Hope's goal looked a bit too open when David Paublo came free, but Meng Yan Jing reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Gilbert Gorzkiewicz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anibal Egoitz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 38th minute, Ye Hong made a precise shot to the right of Anibal Egoitz. El Retorno de Palermo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 41st minute Michal Arendarski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anibal Egoitz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anibal Egoitz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dedê de Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After the first half Abandon All Hope were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Michal Arendarski made the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Ye Hong took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Anibal Egoitz to make any attempt to save it. Michal Arendarski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Anibal Egoitz came out and tried to block the shot, but Michal Arendarski slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 57th minute. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Ye Hong took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Anibal Egoitz to make any attempt to save it. Anibal Egoitz made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Ye Hong sent off a good shot on target. In the 65th minute, El Retorno de Palermo's Guillermo Espiridion seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Guillermo Espiridion the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of El Retorno de Palermo protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Guillermo Espiridion had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Guillermo Espiridion kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. With a little luck, El Retorno de Palermo's Anibal Egoitz got control of the ball when Lucjan Borczak tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anibal Egoitz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michal Arendarski, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Abandon All Hope's Michal Arendarski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anibal Egoitz. That made the score 0-7 after 72 minutes of play. With a little luck, El Retorno de Palermo's Anibal Egoitz got control of the ball when Dedê de Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anibal Egoitz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michal Arendarski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Artur Marajda charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Artur Marajda the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 85 played minutes Abandon All Hope got a freekick which was hit by Artur Marajda. 87 minutes into the match, Abandon All Hope's goal looked a bit too open when Gerardo Oalo came free, but Meng Yan Jing reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jiang Sang Qing got free with Anibal Egoitz in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aaron Cebo kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. El Retorno de Palermo's Anibal Egoitz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilbert Gorzkiewicz in the 92nd minute of play. Anibal Egoitz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ye Hong in the 96th minute. Abandon All Hope played a much better game than El Retorno de Palermo and deserved their victory. The El Retorno de Palermo players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.