Friendly League

The Or-Chard
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Chard United's Virgilio Kennedy started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 5 minutes into the match, Chard United's goal looked a bit too open when Marshall Medina came free, but Santos Santio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Valeriu Tăzlăuanu fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Chard United's protests and gave Valeriu Tăzlăuanu a yellow card for diving instead. Valeriu Tăzlăuanu hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute, Marshall Medina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Santos Santio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 15th minute Lamar Arthur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osvaldo Daunte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Chard United's goalkeeper Santos Santio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 19th minute, 孙骋磊 fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Marshall Medina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Santos Santio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 39th minute of play. Santos Santio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marshall Medina in the 44th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marshall Medina in the 45th minute of play forced Chard United's goalkeeper Santos Santio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osvaldo Daunte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lamar Arthur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Marshall Medina made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Marshall Medina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santos Santio was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Chard United's goalkeeper Santos Santio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 56th minute of the match EL LOBO DE MIAMI got a corner. Chard United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Marshall Medina ran over to the corner to take the kick. 62 minutes into the match, Chard United's goal looked a bit too open when Marshall Medina came free, but Santos Santio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute Martin Craven shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osvaldo Daunte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 70 minutes of play Chard United's Valeriu Tăzlăuanu was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to Chard United getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Valeriu Tăzlăuanu hit a great ball. EL LOBO DE MIAMI's Gustavo Lyons was substituted for Virgil Caudill. In the 72nd minute, Valeriu Tăzlăuanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Santos Santio came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by EL LOBO DE MIAMI's Marshall Medina. But to his dismay, Marshall Medina quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 81st minute EL LOBO DE MIAMI were awarded a corner. Marshall Medina went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Marshall Medina got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Santos Santio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 84 played minutes, Chard United's Lukasz Jazwiec shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Osvaldo Daunte came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Chard United reached it. In the 86th minute, Virgilio Kennedy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marshall Medina might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Santos Santio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marshall Medina ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 91st minute Giuseppe Conway shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Santio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. EL LOBO DE MIAMI's Marshall Medina got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. EL LOBO DE MIAMI were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Chard United's much stronger midfield.