Friendly League

Old Traveler -9dj-
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Judas Verón got the match started through his kick off. After 9 minutes Stone City's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eustaquio Fortun who took care of the corner kick. Honorato Jerrold made a great header on Belgrano de Pibasog's corner, it was just that Stone City's Dragomir Marchovski managed to reach the ball for a save. 12 minutes into the match, Pavel Balc notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Belgrano de Pibasog's Bernardo Raggio. Bernardo Raggio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Clemente Gaizkine kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Pavel Balc fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Bernardo Raggio, passed just outside the right post. Lucho Cal made in the 21st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Belgrano de Pibasog's Clemente Gaizkine. 23 minutes into the game, Judas Verón cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Dragomir Marchovski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Stone City's Dragomir Marchovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Judas Verón in the 39th minute of play. Mai Yi Xu kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. A collision led to Stone City getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Mai Yi Xu hit a great ball. Bernardo Raggio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavel Balc in the 46th minute of play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Stone City made a substitution. Amanda Ingesson replaced Derek Yu. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pavel Balc was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the game, Maximiano Delgado threw the ball into play from the sideline. Stone City's Mai Yi Xu quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Pawel Grabowicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dragomir Marchovski having to interfere. Stone City's Leon Matthäus was substituted for Pavel Balc. In the 72nd minute of the game Alberto Derwin made a throw-in which Leon Matthäus played forward. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Belgrano de Pibasog's goalkeeper Bernardo Raggio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 80th minute, Leon Matthäus made a precise shot to the right of Bernardo Raggio. Belgrano de Pibasog's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Belgrano de Pibasog made a substitution. Iulian Ilinca replaced Judas Verón. A collision led to Stone City getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Orlando Jerrold hit a great ball. Through an outstanding action, after 87 minutes, Dragomir Marchovski successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 88th minute of the match Belgrano de Pibasog got a corner. Stone City's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eustaquio Fortun ran over to the corner to take the kick. Fabio Vigil tried in the 88th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Dragomir Marchovski a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 2-2. Bernardo Raggio came out of the goal in the 97th minute to try and stop a shot by Stone City's Leon Matthäus. But to his dismay, Leon Matthäus quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Stone City's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.