Friendly League

Nestor C. Kirchner
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ruquense FC's Basilio Fernandez 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. With a little luck, Bora18's Eugenio Urbes got control of the ball when Basilio Fernandez tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 5thth minute of the game Basilio Fernandez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bora18's Eugenio Urbes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Eugenio Urbes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maciej Ciemiega in the 7th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Basilio Fernandez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eugenio Urbes. Bora18's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Basilio Fernandez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Bora18's Maximiliano Argi managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Aadolf Virolainen in the 15 minute of the game. Eugenio Urbes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maciej Ciemiega in the 16th minute of play. Basilio Fernandez came free with the goalkeeper in the 17th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Eugenio Urbes could save by the left post. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bora18's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Maciej Ciemiega was slow to take the kick. During this time Ruquense FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Adolfo Joseph almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Bora18's Eugenio Urbes did a great save. Bora18's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Santos Rio in the 21st minute. The corner ended in Raphael Berger almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ruquense FC's François-Xavier Dionnet did a great save. If Slawomir Falkiewicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maciej Ciemiega in the 24th minute of play forced Bora18's goalkeeper Eugenio Urbes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maciej Ciemiega blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Eugenio Urbes having to make a save. Basilio Fernandez took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eugenio Urbes. Eugenio Urbes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Eugenio Urbes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maciej Ciemiega, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Berat Tecer in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck François-Xavier Dionnet prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 35 minutes Ruquense FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Santos Rio who took care of the corner kick. In the 36th minute Berat Tecer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but François-Xavier Dionnet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santos Rio was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 38 minutes into the match. In the 38th minute, one of Bora18:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Bora18. When the match had been going on for 40 minutes, Ruquense FC's Maciej Ciemiega got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Eugenio Urbes. François-Xavier Dionnet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximiliano Argi, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. A collision led to Bora18 getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Maximiliano Argi hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Berat Tecer to make the kick off. Ruquense FC's Basilio Fernandez got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Maciej Ciemiega's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugenio Urbes was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Eugenio Urbes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Remigio Quirze in the 57th minute of the match. Berat Tecer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but François-Xavier Dionnet made a huge save. Berat Tecer's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but François-Xavier Dionnet firmly grabbed it by the left post. 68 minutes into the match, Bora18's goal looked a bit too open when Remigio Quirze came free, but Eugenio Urbes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maciej Ciemiega in the 70th minute of play forced Bora18's goalkeeper Eugenio Urbes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute 莫正凌 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Urbes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Maciej Ciemiega's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugenio Urbes was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Eugenio Urbes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Basilio Fernandez's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. After some careless play in the Bora18 defense, Basilio Fernandez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eugenio Urbes. The Bora18 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eugenio Urbes should have stopped the shot. 88 minutes into the game, Maciej Ciemiega cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Eugenio Urbes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 91st minute, Basilio Fernandez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Ruquense FC had played much better football throughout.