Friendly League

1ro de Agosto
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Damaso Lain started the match with the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Vrasidas Banellis in the 3rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Cityzens Mdz's Jimmy Zambata. Damaso Lain might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nihat Mesut. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Damaso Lain ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damaso Lain in the 4th minute of play forced Esperanza Fútbol Club's goalkeeper Nihat Mesut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 8 minutes, Sixto Larra mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cityzens Mdz and the Esperanza Fútbol Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Cityzens Mdz getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Sixto Larra hit a great ball. Damaso Lain sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 14 minutes into the match, Damaso Lain had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nihat Mesut. Esperanza Fútbol Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Damaso Lain was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Nihat Mesut showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damaso Lain, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind Esperanza Fútbol Club's goalkeeper Nihat Mesut, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 27 minutes, Damaso Lain made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Esperanza Fútbol Club's Nihat Mesut tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Vrasidas Banellis charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vrasidas Banellis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Esperanza Fútbol Club getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Vrasidas Banellis hit a great ball. Nihat Mesut took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damaso Lain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Esperanza Fútbol Club's Nihat Mesut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damaso Lain in the 36th minute of play. Sixto Larra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Nihat Mesut tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Damaso Lain sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 42nd minute Damaso Lain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nihat Mesut saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nihat Mesut showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damaso Lain, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Esperanza Fútbol Club's zone, Damaso Lain stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nihat Mesut came out of the goal and Damaso Lain tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Melkior Thorslev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Paolo Gartzi in the 47th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Igor Monø made a kick off. If Damaso Lain had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Esperanza Fútbol Club's Nihat Mesut proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Esperanza Fútbol Club from getting a goal against them. 55 minutes into the match, Esperanza Fútbol Club's goal looked a bit too open when Damaso Lain came free, but Nihat Mesut reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Vrasidas Banellis was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 56 minutes had been played. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by Esperanza Fútbol Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lukasz Marut was slow to take the kick. During this time Cityzens Mdz's players had a chance to rest. In the 63rd minute, Cityzens Mdz's Damaso Lain ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nihat Mesut. Nihat Mesut yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. Damaso Lain sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Cityzens Mdz getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Sixto Larra hit a great ball. In the 71st minute of the match Cityzens Mdz got a corner. Esperanza Fútbol Club's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lukasz Marut ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Cityzens Mdz's Eloy Urdin to a score. 0-5 in the 71st minute. Damaso Lain blasted a shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nihat Mesut having to make a save. Damaso Lain could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Nihat Mesut made a huge save. 78 minutes into the game, Damaso Lain recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Nihat Mesut. Damaso Lain showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. Cityzens Mdz's Bruno Kaiet was substituted for Zaid Paker. Marios Prekkas got a throw-in 82 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Paolo Gartzi. Damaso Lain received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Nihat Mesut tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 85 minutes into the game, Damaso Lain recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Nihat Mesut. Damaso Lain showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-7. Damaso Lain's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 90thth minute, Nihat Mesut skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Marios Prekkas made in the 92nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Paolo Gartzi. After 92 played minutes Cityzens Mdz got a freekick which was hit by Gustavo Loreto. The crowd rose to their feet as Damaso Lain kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nihat Mesut. That made the score 0-8 in the 94 minute of play. Cityzens Mdz's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.