Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán made the kick off which started today's match. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 5 minutes AFC FUSION's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cornelio Rius who took care of the corner kick. Through an outstanding action, after 7 minutes, Ariel Mourelatos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 13th minute Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán 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. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán in the 14th minute of the match. Amboy FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cornelio Rius in the 15th minute. Wang Hai was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 18 minutes in the game Thiago Silva did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Dawid Beckham. Amboy FC's Ariel Mourelatos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christoff Stocks in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán in the 24th 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 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ariel Mourelatos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lino Rios in the 29th minute of the match. 33 minutes into the game, Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Roberto Eztebe was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ariel Mourelatos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christoff Stocks in the 38th minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Jacinto Naelio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ariel Mourelatos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Germano Bettencourt in the 46th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

A sloppy throw-in by Jan Hop in the 51st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Amboy FC's Jacinto Naelio. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romulo Abilio in the 53rd minute of play forced Amboy FC's goalkeeper Ariel Mourelatos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ariel Mourelatos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romulo Abilio in the 63rd minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Amboy FC's Nicanor Mendiko sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roberto Eztebe narrowly saved just below the crossbar. AFC FUSION's Wojciech Fiszer was substituted for Mario Sesuldo. AFC FUSION made a substitution. Aureliano Karlo replaced Lino Rios. AFC FUSION made a substitution. Guido Txindoki replaced Christoff Stocks. The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when Amboy FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bruce Cornforth didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roberto Eztebe made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán sent off a good shot on target. In the 91st minute, Nicanor Mendiko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Amboy FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Amboy FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.