Friendly League

Alberto J. Armando
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Silverio Jacob took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Jorrin Briones's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valentin Licerio was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Valentin Licerio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorrin Briones in the 9th minute of play. In the 13th minute Jorrin Briones shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Licerio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Franja Dorada's Benigno Rito got a free kick in the 16th minute. The audience was convinced that Silverio Jacob's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ferenc Tököli was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. A throw-in in the 24th minute of the game was made by Benigno Rito with Pedro Timo as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Ferenc Tököli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Tartalo in the 28th minute of the match. Franja Dorada were awarded a corner in the 29th minute after Rapsodas Red Devils FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Igor Tartalo took the corner. 31 minutes into the match, Franja Dorada's goal looked a bit too open when Jorrin Briones came free, but Valentin Licerio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 37 minutes in the game Pedro Timo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Igor Tartalo. Through an outstanding action, after 40 minutes, Ferenc Tököli successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 42nd minute, Michael Callaerts hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 47 minutes into the match, Rapsodas Red Devils FC's goal looked a bit too open when Silverio Jacob came free, but Ferenc Tököli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jorrin Briones to make the kick off. Franja Dorada's Valentin Licerio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Paulo da Fonseca in the 62nd minute of play. Ferenc Tököli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Tartalo in the 64th minute of the match. Igor Tartalo spun around in front of the goal 64 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Rapsodas Red Devils FC's goal. Rapsodas Red Devils FC made a substitution. Ippolit Kolobov replaced Kerim De Bruyne. Valentin Licerio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Salah in the 72nd minute of the match. Valentin Licerio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jerrold Taranco in the 77th minute. Franja Dorada were furious when Benigno Rito was red carded, 78 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Benigno Rito hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jerrold Taranco got free with Valentin Licerio in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 84 minutes into the match, Franja Dorada's goal looked a bit too open when Cristiano Salah came free, but Valentin Licerio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ferenc Tököli didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mevlüt Vurgun went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. After 92 played minutes Franja Dorada got a freekick which was hit by Tadeusz Mroczynski. Jerrold Taranco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Valentin Licerio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Valentin Licerio made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Jerrold Taranco sent off a good shot on target. For all the effort they put into the match, the Rapsodas Red Devils FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Franja Dorada.