Friendly League

Iván Elías Moreno
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Enrique Cassaretto started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute Octavian Basten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but George Forsyth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rot-Weiss-Essen's August Hoffmanns proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Rot-Weiss-Essen from getting a goal against them. Enrique Cassaretto's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, August Hoffmanns skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Enrique Cassaretto managed to get in a good position for a shot. CD Municipal's supporters rose to their feet, but Enrique Cassaretto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. August Hoffmanns breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 15 minutes into the match, Rot-Weiss-Essen's goal looked a bit too open when Enrique Cassaretto came free, but August Hoffmanns reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. George Forsyth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anestis Kotsopoulos in the 16th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, Enrique Cassaretto dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of August Hoffmanns, 1-0. When Hakem Al Khames fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rot-Weiss-Essen's protests and gave Hakem Al Khames a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Rot-Weiss-Essen getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Hakem Al Khames hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Rot-Weiss-Essen defense, Enrique Cassaretto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of August Hoffmanns. The Rot-Weiss-Essen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that August Hoffmanns should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Basten in the 30th minute of play forced CD Municipal's goalkeeper George Forsyth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. George Forsyth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mesut Özil in the 31st minute of play. George Forsyth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anestis Kotsopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. George Forsyth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Haupt in the 40th minute of the match. George Forsyth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Octavian Basten, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute.

George Forsyth made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Hugo Haupt sent off a good shot on target. In the 53rd minute, Iacob Roman got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 57th play minutes Anestis Kotsopoulos shot 3-1, a short shot which went by George Forsyth and just under the crossbar into goal. Hakem Al Khames made in the 60th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Maximilian Henning however managed to control. George Forsyth made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Hugo Haupt sent off a good shot on target. Enrique Cassaretto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. CD Municipal made a substitution. Ryota Miyagi replaced Enrique Cassaretto. CD Municipal made a substitution. Evtim Kúrdzhev replaced Tulio Andinyach. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ryota Miyagi in the 65th minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper August Hoffmanns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Oalo Dean's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but August Hoffmanns was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. August Hoffmanns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oalo Dean in the 72nd minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Rot-Weiss-Essen's George Forsyth threw himself towards the right post 74 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Anestis Kotsopoulos, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Evtim Kúrdzhev might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over August Hoffmanns. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Evtim Kúrdzhev ran back to his position shaking his head. CD Municipal's George Forsyth proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save CD Municipal from getting a goal against them. In the 80th minute Oalo Dean shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but August Hoffmanns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 86th minute Oalo Dean shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but August Hoffmanns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 88 minutes, Ryota Miyagi made it 4-1 with a short kick to the right side. Rot-Weiss-Essen's August Hoffmanns tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Oalo Dean fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without August Hoffmanns having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ryota Miyagi in the 94th minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper August Hoffmanns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ryota Miyagi in the 94th minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper August Hoffmanns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. CD Municipal's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Iacob Roman in the 96th minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The CD Municipal fans cheered their team off the field, for while Rot-Weiss-Essen had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.