Friendly League

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Reinard Hennes started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Unai Sócrates's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roland Vanden Broucke was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Twelve Ravens's Roland Vanden Broucke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Unai Sócrates in the 9th minute of play. Roland Vanden Broucke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Unai Sócrates in the 10th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Unai Sócrates in the 25th minute of play forced Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Roland Vanden Broucke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Fauna Utd booed when Twelve Ravens was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ryan Bourgeois didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Fauna Utd's Unai Sócrates in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Twelve Ravens's goalie prevented a goal. 33 minutes into the game, Fauna Utd's Unai Sócrates nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Roland Vanden Broucke made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 38 minutes into the match, Fauna Utd's Unai Sócrates sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roland Vanden Broucke narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Roland Vanden Broucke, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Roland Vanden Broucke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Unai Sócrates in the 45th minute of the match. In the 47th minute Reinard Hennes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radamel Hendrickx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Unai Sócrates to make the kick off. Twelve Ravens's Roland Vanden Broucke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 董文鹰 in the 51st minute of play. Leo Verstappen made in the 52nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Fauna Utd's Octav Zdraşcu. After a defensive mix-up in Twelve Ravens's zone, Unai Sócrates stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roland Vanden Broucke came out of the goal and Unai Sócrates tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Roland Vanden Broucke made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Unai Sócrates sent off a good shot on target. 57 minutes into the match, Fauna Utd's Unai Sócrates sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roland Vanden Broucke narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 58 minutes Twelve Ravens's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 董文鹰 who took care of the corner kick. A well done corner resulted in Octav Zdraşcu drilling the ball in to score 0-2 behind Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper. Radamel Hendrickx took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reinard Hennes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Twelve Ravens's Pietro Turrieta got a free kick in the 64th minute. 董文鹰 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fauna Utd's Unai Sócrates got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the Twelve Ravens defense, Unai Sócrates kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roland Vanden Broucke. The Twelve Ravens fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roland Vanden Broucke should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jamie Figaro in the 82nd minute of play forced Fauna Utd's goalkeeper Radamel Hendrickx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Unai Sócrates had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Roland Vanden Broucke made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lorenzo Garaona in the 88th minute.