Friendly League

TONY STARK ARENA
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mikolaj Giertych started the match with the kick off. Kang Ying Hai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kraig Fred in the 3rd minute of play. Kraig Fred could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Kang Ying Hai made a huge save. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Kang Ying Hai proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save ..Villa Rugby Club.. from getting a goal against them. After 9 played minutes ..Villa Rugby Club.. got a freekick which was hit by Agustin Gartzen. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kraig Fred got free with Kang Ying Hai in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kraig Fred got free with Kang Ying Hai in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Giertych in the 19th minute of play forced Estudiantes de América's goalkeeper Marcos Ranolfo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Estudiantes de América's Marcos Ranolfo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikolaj Giertych in the 21st minute of play. Kang Ying Hai was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Kraig Fred showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 33 minute of play. After 38 minutes Estudiantes de América's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ramiro Lleir who took care of the corner kick. In the 42nd match minute, Estudiantes de América was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Szymon Pilitowski to maneuver through the defense. In the 46th minute of the match Estudiantes de América got a corner. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Szymon Pilitowski ran over to the corner to take the kick.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kraig Fred to make the kick off. Kang Ying Hai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kraig Fred, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Saverio Iraitz fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Estudiantes de América's protests and gave Saverio Iraitz a yellow card for diving instead. Saverio Iraitz hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. When Cavad Lider came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the ..Villa Rugby Club.. 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 Cavad Lider couldn't finish the play. Marcos Ranolfo made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Mikolaj Giertych sent off a good shot on target. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Flavio Perez was substituted for Cavad Lider. Estudiantes de América made a substitution. Orlando Beltza replaced Kraig Fred. In the 70th minute, Concetto Trasatti ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kang Ying Hai was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Flavio Perez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Ranolfo having to interfere. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Kang Ying Hai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Traian Blăniță in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th minute of the match Estudiantes de América got a corner. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Traian Blăniță ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Traian Blăniță almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Kang Ying Hai did a great save. Estudiantes de América's Marcos Ranolfo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Estudiantes de América from getting a goal against them. Kang Ying Hai didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Orlando Beltza went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Marcos Ranolfo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Olaf Cebula in the 87th minute. Estudiantes de América's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.