Friendly League

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Hoberg United's Balázs Sebes 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. Maximiliano Rutenio hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Leo Nesto made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Balázs Sebes sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Balázs Sebes took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Leo Nesto to make any attempt to save it. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Balázs Sebes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hoberg United's supporters rose to their feet, but Balázs Sebes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leo Nesto breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Leo Nesto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Balázs Sebes in the 21st minute. Mervaleta FC's Leo Nesto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Mervaleta FC from getting a goal against them. Didi Galvão made in the 23rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Tano Sampler. With a little luck, Mervaleta FC's Leo Nesto got control of the ball when Balázs Sebes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mervaleta FC's Leo Nesto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Mervaleta FC from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Cintya Palacios kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Leo Nesto. That made the score 2-0 in the 33 minute of play. Dida Martins took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Justino Erruki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In a very dangerous position, a player in Hoberg United fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 41st minute. Penalty! Dida Martins had in the 43rdth minute some difficulties stopping Teobaldo Ponce's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Melquiades Perutxo made in the 46th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Teobaldo Ponce however managed to control. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The throw-in from Didi Galvão in the 55th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Hoberg United's Claudio-Paul Pirinchev. Hoberg United were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Mervaleta FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Danny Grønnow took the corner. Hoberg United's Danny Grønnow was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Leo Nesto in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Leo Nesto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Balázs Sebes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mervaleta FC's Leo Nesto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Balázs Sebes in the 60th minute of play. Leo Nesto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Balázs Sebes in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute of the match Hoberg United got a corner. Mervaleta FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Danny Grønnow ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Danny Grønnow got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Leo Nesto quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mervaleta FC's Leo Nesto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Balázs Sebes in the 69th minute of play. After 70 minutes Mervaleta FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Danny Grønnow who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Mervaleta FC's goalie and right to Benny Bus. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Mervaleta FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Tano Sampler blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dida Martins having to make a save. In the 80th minute Balázs Sebes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leo Nesto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leo Nesto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Balázs Sebes, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Hoberg United's Jimmi Imtiaz was substituted for Randy Bastard. An unexpectedly hard shot by Louis Bullock in the 86th minute of play forced Mervaleta FC's goalkeeper Leo Nesto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Balázs Sebes came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Hoberg United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Balázs Sebes couldn't finish the play. After 91 minutes, Cintya Palacios made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Mervaleta FC's Leo Nesto tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Hoberg United were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Mervaleta FC for a fine match.