Friendly League

Lost Limbs Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abraham Laing started the match with the kick off. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Abraham Laing took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Siro Elia to make any attempt to save it. If Pete Stebbing had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 7th minute, Amputees FC's Carleton Howie dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Siro Elia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carleton Howie went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 14th minute, Abraham Laing 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. Siro Elia made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Carleton Howie sent off a good shot on target. Siro Elia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carleton Howie in the 20th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lauder Franklin got free with Siro Elia in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcus Roach's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Siro Elia firmly grabbed it by the left post. 30 minutes into the game, Abraham Laing cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Siro Elia was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abraham Laing got free with Siro Elia in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 36 minutes into the match, Rocco FC's goalkeeper Siro Elia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcus Roach. 37 minutes into the match, Rocco FC's goal looked a bit too open when Abraham Laing came free, but Siro Elia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Siro Elia made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Marcus Roach sent off a good shot on target. After 44 minutes, Art Kidman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Amputees FC and the Rocco FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Art Kidman hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. A collision led to Amputees FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Lauder Franklin hit a great ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Venancio Guillelme to strike the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Marcus Roach managed to get in a good position for a shot. Amputees FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcus Roach was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Siro Elia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 58th minute Carleton Howie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Siro Elia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Javier Abaurre's late challenge caught a Amputees FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Javier Abaurre helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Rocco FC's Javier Abaurre got a free kick in the 59th minute. Siro Elia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abraham Laing went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. In the 63rd minute, Marcus Roach left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Amputees FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Siro Elia came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Amputees FC's Carleton Howie. But to his dismay, Carleton Howie quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carleton Howie in the 70th minute of play forced Rocco FC's goalkeeper Siro Elia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Amputees FC booed when Rocco FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julio Gonsalvo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Siro Elia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Roach in the 72nd minute of the match. Rocco FC's Siro Elia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Laing in the 73rd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Abraham Laing put it in 9-0 from a short distance just to the right of Siro Elia. Siro Elia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pete Stebbing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Marcus Roach had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 83 minutes of play, Amputees FC's Abraham Laing made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Siro Elia was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rocco FC's Siro Elia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carleton Howie in the 90th minute of play. Siro Elia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carleton Howie went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 11-0 was the resulting score. Amputees FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.