Friendly League

Strong Survive
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Strong Survive's Saul Owens 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. When Fabio Melendez fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Richmond City's protests and gave Fabio Melendez a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 4th minute of the game. One of Richmond City:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Strong Survive:s goal. Saul Owens succeeded in the game's 7th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Marwan Nijad lost his temper 16 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 28th minute, Vidar Alegren reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Libardo Duarte. The goal made the score 2-1. After having played for 33 minutes, Vidar Alegren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Strong Survive's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vidar Alegren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 36 minutes into the match, Richmond City's goalkeeper Libardo Duarte had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vidar Alegren. Vidar Alegren hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Tolga Tümkurt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Milton Bustamante in the 38th minute of play. Tolga Tümkurt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramon Barragan in the 45th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Fabio Melendez kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. When Vidar Alegren came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Strong Survive fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Vidar Alegren couldn't finish the play. Libardo Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vidar Alegren in the 58th minute of the match. After having played for 60 minutes, Ramon Barragan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Richmond City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ramon Barragan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Richmond City's Milton Bustamante got a free kick in the 63rd minute. The supporters of Richmond City booed when Strong Survive was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zack Stout didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 65th match minute, Strong Survive was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brad Owen to maneuver through the defense. Brad Owen hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vidar Alegren in the 70th minute of play forced Richmond City's goalkeeper Libardo Duarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Strong Survive's Tolga Tümkurt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Strong Survive from getting a goal against them. In the 74th minute, Tommie Vang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 79 minutes into the match, Vidar Alegren notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Richmond City's Libardo Duarte. Libardo Duarte was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Libardo Duarte didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vidar Alegren went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. After 86 played minutes Richmond City got a freekick which was hit by Fabio Melendez. After having played for 87 minutes, Vidar Alegren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Strong Survive's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vidar Alegren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tolga Tümkurt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ramon Barragan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd minute, Tommie Vang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th match minute, Richmond City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgardo Prado to maneuver through the defense. Libardo Duarte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saul Owens, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute.