Friendly League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Merlin Castro took the kick off in the first half of the match. New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Merlin Castro in the 4th minute of play. Tigran Balayan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edgardo Silva went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A collision led to New England Minas getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Ye Gang Cheng hit a great ball. Sung McKinley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jeremy Nicholas having to interfere. Merlin Castro might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jeremy Nicholas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Merlin Castro ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of Khachatryan booed when New England Minas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Glen Conklin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Antoine Schaefer kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Merlin Castro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jeremy Nicholas was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Edgardo Silva blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tigran Balayan having to make a save. 31 minutes into the match, Edgardo Silva notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan. Tigran Balayan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Edgardo Silva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tigran Balayan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Silva in the 33rd minute of play. Tio Lio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Tigran Balayan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tigran Balayan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Pacheco in the 37th minute of the match. After 38 minutes Khachatryan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Glen Conklin who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Glen Conklin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tigran Balayan quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Merlin Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jeremy Nicholas having to interfere. In the 47th match minute, Khachatryan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bin Baresi to maneuver through the defense. Khachatryan made a substitution. Grigor Grigoryan replaced Tigran Kirakosyan. Khachatryan made a substitution. Anton Florei replaced Hu Wei Shu. Khachatryan made a substitution. Wawrzyniec Budrewicz replaced Petros Oganesyan. In the 48th minute, Bin Baresi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 48th minute of the match Glen Conklin sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tigran Balayan skillfully saved the ball. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Edgardo Silva made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Silva came free, but Tigran Balayan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54th minute, Xiao Bang Kun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 56 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Anton Florei came free, but Jeremy Nicholas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sung McKinley in the 58th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sung McKinley in the 61st minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Jeremy Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tigran Balayan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Silva in the 63rd minute of play. Tigran Balayan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgardo Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sung McKinley in the 66th minute of the match. New England Minas's Zachery Church was substituted for Roman Major. Tigran Balayan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tony Pacheco in the 76th minute. New England Minas made a substitution. Arturo Sito replaced Tio Lio. Jeremy Nicholas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sung McKinley, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Edgardo Silva blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tigran Balayan having to make a save. Tigran Balayan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgardo Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 89th minute of the match, Arturo Sito tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Tigran Balayan saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind New England Minas's goalkeeper Jeremy Nicholas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Merlin Castro in the 92nd minute of play. In the 95th minute Edgardo Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tigran Balayan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Merlin Castro in the 97th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Jeremy Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. New England Minas walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.