Friendly League

Fauna Utd Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Olavarria FC's Isaias Matas 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. Robby Van Steen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some careless play in the Olavarria FC defense, Unai Sócrates kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Michel Hendrickx. The Olavarria FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Michel Hendrickx should have stopped the shot. In the 24th minute Isaias Matas 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. After some careless play in the Fauna Utd defense, Isaias Matas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Radamel Hendrickx. The Fauna Utd fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Radamel Hendrickx should have stopped the shot. In the 31st minute, Isaias Matas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Radamel Hendrickx was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 39th minute of the match Fauna Utd got a corner. Olavarria FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 董文鹰 ran over to the corner to take the kick. Isaias Matas scored 1-3 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Radamel Hendrickx, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 45 minutes into the match, Olavarria FC's goal looked a bit too open when Karel Cromefeldt came free, but Michel Hendrickx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 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 Unai Sócrates stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Unai Sócrates shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michel Hendrickx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Olavarria FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 董文鹰 was slow to take the kick. During this time Fauna Utd's players had a chance to rest. At last the ball reached Unai Sócrates at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Olavarria FC. 2-3. Michel Hendrickx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuri Portugal in the 58th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the match, Olavarria FC's goal looked a bit too open when Unai Sócrates came free, but Michel Hendrickx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes into the game, Olavarria FC's Isaias Matas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Radamel Hendrickx made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-4. Michel Hendrickx took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Unai Sócrates, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 75th minute Fauna Utd were awarded a corner. 董文鹰 went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Unai Sócrates in the 78th minute of play forced Olavarria FC's goalkeeper Michel Hendrickx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fauna Utd's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 董文鹰 in the 79th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Unai Sócrates in the 81st minute of play forced Olavarria FC's goalkeeper Michel Hendrickx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute Olavarria FC were awarded a corner. Mauro Kotlar went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 92nd minute Ervigio Ojeda 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 Olavarria FC fans' excitement grew in the 96th match minute when Olavarria FC's Ervigio Ojeda looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Olavarria FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.