Friendly League

Signal Iduna Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) MAGNIFICOS.FC's Geert Wijgaert 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. In the 2nd match minute, GARIBALDI FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victorio Abaurre to maneuver through the defense. 6 minutes into the game, GARIBALDI FC's Lázaro Ekain nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lara Guadalupi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Geert Wijgaert's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rene Llorian was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Rene Llorian didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paul Albeanu went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 13th minute, Geert Wijgaert made a precise shot to the right of Rene Llorian. GARIBALDI FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. After a rather tough play, GARIBALDI FC's Mile Letina got a free kick in the 19th minute. If Geert Wijgaert had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Lara Guadalupi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ambrosio Colas in the 22nd minute of play. In the 23rd minute, Victorio Abaurre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Lara Guadalupi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ambrosio Colas in the 28th minute of play. GARIBALDI FC's Rene Llorian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save GARIBALDI FC from getting a goal against them. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Geert Wijgaert got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, GARIBALDI FC's Rene Llorian got control of the ball when Geert Wijgaert tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Geert Wijgaert came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the MAGNIFICOS.FC 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 Geert Wijgaert couldn't finish the play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ambrosio Colas made a kick off. In the 53rd minute Geert Wijgaert shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Llorian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by GARIBALDI FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gilberto Lalla was slow to take the kick. During this time MAGNIFICOS.FC's players had a chance to rest. Cristoforo Balestra kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Rene Llorian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geert Wijgaert in the 60th minute of play. Rene Llorian didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when MAGNIFICOS.FC's Geert Wijgaert shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 77th minute Geert Wijgaert shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Llorian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. MAGNIFICOS.FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gilberto Lalla in the 81st minute. In the 81st minute Lech Cipinski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Llorian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. GARIBALDI FC's Rene Llorian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geert Wijgaert in the 82nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Geert Wijgaert managed to get in a good position for a shot. MAGNIFICOS.FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Geert Wijgaert was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rene Llorian breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. GARIBALDI FC made a substitution. Raul Transito replaced Alberto Stanislao. GARIBALDI FC's Eduard Hourani was substituted for Ambrosio Colas. MAGNIFICOS.FC made a substitution. Valério Ortiz replaced Geert Wijgaert. Rene Llorian didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valério Ortiz went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind GARIBALDI FC's goalkeeper Rene Llorian, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lara Guadalupi made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Hugo Jacinto sent off a good shot on target. MAGNIFICOS.FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.