Friendly League

Don Pepe
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcelo Abastas got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, GuateFortín's Sven-Edvin Jansson got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 5 minutes into the match, GuateFortín's goal looked a bit too open when Koldobika Sendeño came free, but Nery Pumpido reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6th minute Thierry Henry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gregor Rinzema saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 9 in the game by Sven-Edvin Jansson from a close distance when the talented Gregor Rinzema managed to make a qualified save. Pista Uno F.C.'s players were relieved. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pista Uno F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Angel Alvarenga was slow to take the kick. During this time GuateFortín's players had a chance to rest. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pista Uno F.C.'s goalkeeper Gregor Rinzema, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Pista Uno F.C.'s Santos Marin got a free kick in the 20th minute. 21 minutes into the match, Pista Uno F.C.'s goalkeeper Gregor Rinzema had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sven-Edvin Jansson. 22 minutes into the match, Pista Uno F.C.'s goalkeeper Gregor Rinzema had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sven-Edvin Jansson. After a rather tough play, GuateFortín's Stanyo Búnkov got a free kick in the 24th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zico Zellier in the 25th minute of play forced Pista Uno F.C.'s goalkeeper Gregor Rinzema to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute of the match GuateFortín got a corner. Pista Uno F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Angel Alvarenga ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Angel Alvarenga almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pista Uno F.C.'s Gregor Rinzema did a great save. In the 33rd minute of the match, Zico Zellier tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gregor Rinzema saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 35th minute, Marcelo Abastas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to GuateFortín getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Thierry Henry hit a great ball. After 38 minutes, Zico Zellier mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GuateFortín and the Pista Uno F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to GuateFortín getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Zico Zellier hit a great ball. After having played for 43 minutes, Sven-Edvin Jansson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GuateFortín's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sven-Edvin Jansson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gregor Rinzema made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Sven-Edvin Jansson sent off a good shot on target. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Thierry Henry made the kick off in the second half. When Zico Zellier was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 50 minutes had been played. Zico Zellier hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Marcelo Abastas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Nery Pumpido made a huge save. Pista Uno F.C.'s Isidro Reno was substituted for Marcelo Abastas. Nery Pumpido took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicasio Gonzalez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gregor Rinzema didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mario Gomez went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Pista Uno F.C.'s Gregor Rinzema played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mario Gomez in the 74th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, GuateFortín's goal looked a bit too open when Nicasio Gonzalez came free, but Nery Pumpido reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nery Pumpido took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicasio Gonzalez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th match minute, GuateFortín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danilo Ocampo to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice moves Koldobika Sendeño could shoot a difficult shot in the 87th minute, which Nery Pumpido however easily saved by the left post. After 88 minutes, Angel Alvarenga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GuateFortín and the Pista Uno F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 88 played minutes GuateFortín got a freekick which was hit by Angel Alvarenga. If Isidro Reno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Pista Uno F.C.'s zone, Mario Gomez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gregor Rinzema came out of the goal and Mario Gomez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. GuateFortín had won after a very even match.