Friendly League

Santo Domingo
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Flying Dutch's Niceto Xacintu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Belo Alvarez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luís Paulo Romero read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. A.D. Alcorcón were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Flying Dutch's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Leroy Antunez took the corner. Arcadio Ramiréz made a great header on A.D. Alcorcón's corner, it was just that Flying Dutch's Luís Paulo Romero managed to reach the ball for a save. Maurino Serena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexsandro Tróia in the 15th minute of play. Luís Paulo Romero stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Manolo Bacete's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. When A.D. Alcorcón's Manolo Bacete in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Flying Dutch's goalie prevented a goal. Luís Paulo Romero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Belo Alvarez in the 27th minute. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Flying Dutch's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Romero, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some careless play in the Flying Dutch defense, Manolo Bacete kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Paulo Romero. The Flying Dutch fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Paulo Romero should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manolo Bacete in the 38th minute of play forced Flying Dutch's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Belo Alvarez kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Luís Paulo Romero. That made the score 2-0 in the 39 minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Manolo Bacete received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Luís Paulo Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luís Paulo Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Belo Alvarez in the 54th minute of the match. Luís Paulo Romero stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Manolo Bacete's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. When A.D. Alcorcón's Manolo Bacete in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Flying Dutch's goalie prevented a goal. In the 61st minute, Esteban Vadillos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luís Paulo Romero was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manolo Bacete in the 69th minute of play forced Flying Dutch's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute Belo Alvarez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Paulo Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luís Paulo Romero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manolo Bacete, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Flying Dutch's Luís Paulo Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manolo Bacete in the 81st minute of play. Luís Paulo Romero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Belo Alvarez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Belo Alvarez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.