Friendly League

Germav Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arif Cengiz Ezgü started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Turabi Ziver was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Real MARDIN's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Chihuahua StrikerS™ the free kick. A collision led to Real MARDIN getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Turabi Ziver hit a great ball. Real MARDIN's Antonello Doris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avery Novak in the 4th minute of play. Rogério Vidal might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Antonello Doris. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rogério Vidal ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Rogério Vidal put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Antonello Doris. An unexpectedly hard shot by Avery Novak in the 13th minute of play forced Real MARDIN's goalkeeper Antonello Doris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antonello Doris came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Chihuahua StrikerS™'s Rogério Vidal. But to his dismay, Rogério Vidal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Antonello Doris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Avery Novak in the 19th minute of play. Aldaír Perdigão kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute Avery Novak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonello Doris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonello Doris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Avery Novak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute, Yiğit Can Günden hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute, Avery Novak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chihuahua StrikerS™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Antonello Doris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rogério Vidal in the 29th minute of play. Rogério Vidal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Antonello Doris having to interfere. Antonello Doris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rogério Vidal in the 35th minute of play. A collision led to Real MARDIN getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Turabi Ziver hit a great ball. 36 minutes into the game, Avery Novak cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Antonello Doris was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Avery Novak scored 0-6 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Antonello Doris, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-7 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rogério Vidal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Real MARDIN's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rogério Vidal was slow to take the kick. During this time Chihuahua StrikerS™'s players had a chance to rest. Fábio Silva made a great header on Chihuahua StrikerS™'s corner, it was just that Real MARDIN's Antonello Doris managed to reach the ball for a save. After having played for 56 minutes, Avery Novak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Chihuahua StrikerS™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Avery Novak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Emilian Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arda Ozan Ereken in the 64th minute of the match. Turabi Ziver hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute, Turabi Ziver hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 0-9 when Avery Novak sped through Real MARDIN's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Antonello Doris. After having played for 87 minutes, Cai Xiang Bin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Chihuahua StrikerS™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Cai Xiang Bin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 89 minutes into the game, Cai Xiang Bin lined in a short shot 0-11 behind a frustrated Antonello Doris. After having played for 92 minutes, Arif Cengiz Ezgü managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Real MARDIN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arif Cengiz Ezgü was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Antonello Doris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cai Xiang Bin in the 95th minute of the match. Chihuahua StrikerS™'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.