Friendly League

Etihad Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Saul Owens kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Saul Owens left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Warm Mineral Springs fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 10th match minute, Warm Mineral Springs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zachary Vilter to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saul Owens in the 14th minute of play forced ManchesterCity's goalkeeper Adrián Bihari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 15 played minutes ManchesterCity got a freekick which was hit by Zakariás Grósz. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gábor Peterdy got free with Kristopher Knapp in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kristopher Knapp was a little too slow when Mátyás Nagy got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 20th minute. The score was now 1-1. In the 32nd match minute, Warm Mineral Springs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Denis Ferreira to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, ManchesterCity's Mátyás Nagy tried to score from far away in the 32nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gábor Peterdy got free with Kristopher Knapp in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zachary Vilter charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zachary Vilter the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Warm Mineral Springs getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Zachary Vilter hit a great ball. Gábor Peterdy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Kristopher Knapp tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mátyás Nagy made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Warm Mineral Springs's Lawrence Alston got a free kick in the 54th minute. Zakariás Grósz charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zakariás Grósz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Warm Mineral Springs booed when ManchesterCity was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zakariás Grósz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 57th minute, Warm Mineral Springs's Saul Owens ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Adrián Bihari. Adrián Bihari yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. Adrián Bihari made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saul Owens in the 63rd minute of play. 65 minutes into the game, Saul Owens recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Adrián Bihari. Saul Owens showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. Jarod Dukes was shown his second yellow card after 78 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Kristopher Knapp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gábor Peterdy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Saul Owens's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adrián Bihari was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Saul Owens put it in 1-4 from a short distance just to the right of Adrián Bihari. Saul Owens sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Warm Mineral Springs supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Warm Mineral Springs would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.