League

Monumental
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Niki Lauda made the kick off which started today's match. Bai Le Zheng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Niki Lauda's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. 5 minutes into the match, Rio Percy's goal looked a bit too open when Wu Li Zhi came free, but Bai Le Zheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Rio Percy getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Dalmacio Bieito hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Rio Percy's Horacio Bero got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 15th minute, Niki Lauda made a precise shot to the right of Bai Le Zheng. Rio Percy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Andres Azubeli kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Bai Le Zheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wu Li Zhi in the 19th minute of the match. Bai Le Zheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niki Lauda in the 21st minute of the match. In the 24th minute Eric Târban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bai Le Zheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bai Le Zheng came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by RIVER's Bruno Oxarra. But to his dismay, Bruno Oxarra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 29 minutes of play, RIVER's Wu Li Zhi made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bai Le Zheng was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marcial Lordi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nunez Bastiaro in the 32nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, RIVER's Marco Rudolfo got a free kick in the 33rd minute. The supporters of Rio Percy booed when RIVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marco Rudolfo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Rio Percy's Nunez Bastiaro got a free kick in the 37th minute. Bai Le Zheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eric Târban, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bai Le Zheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niki Lauda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 43 minutes into the match, Niki Lauda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bai Le Zheng. Rio Percy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Niki Lauda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niki Lauda in the 47th minute of play forced Rio Percy's goalkeeper Bai Le Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nicolas Galtero made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Niki Lauda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bai Le Zheng was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Niki Lauda in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bai Le Zheng saved Rio Percy from getting behind. In the 52nd minute, RIVER's Wu Li Zhi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wu Li Zhi in the 56th minute of play forced Rio Percy's goalkeeper Bai Le Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 58 played minutes Niki Lauda rounded Rio Percy's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-6. RIVER made a substitution. Pipo Benedetto replaced Wu Li Zhi. With a little luck, Rio Percy's Bai Le Zheng got control of the ball when Eric Târban tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, RIVER's Marco Rudolfo got a free kick in the 64th minute. 66 minutes into the match, Niki Lauda dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Bai Le Zheng, 0-7. Niki Lauda blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bai Le Zheng having to make a save. Bai Le Zheng was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Niki Lauda showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-8 in the 72 minute of play. Bai Le Zheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tobias Esparza in the 86th minute of play. After some careless play in the Rio Percy defense, Pipo Benedetto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bai Le Zheng. The Rio Percy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bai Le Zheng should have stopped the shot. In the 93rd minute Horacio Bero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcial Lordi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over RIVER could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Rio Percy throughout the match.