Friendly League

Yardley Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ian Caton kicked off to start the match. Bartolo Guillem's late challenge caught a Yardley's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bartolo Guillem helped the player get up and apologised. Zack Langdon charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zack Langdon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th minute, Zack Langdon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Viktoria43 getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Inocencio Sabin hit a great ball. Graham Brighton hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Luis Liberto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Pete Eslworth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Lisandro Primeiro came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Viktoria43 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 Lisandro Primeiro couldn't finish the play. In the 19thth minute of the game Ian Caton who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Viktoria43's Constantino Cordarrel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Yardley's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tristram Yeo in the 21st minute. In the 23rd minute Lisandro Primeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pete Eslworth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 24 played minutes Yardley got a freekick which was hit by Tristram Yeo. Constantino Cordarrel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ian Caton in the 28th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Lisandro Primeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Viktoria43's supporters rose to their feet, but Lisandro Primeiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pete Eslworth breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 32nd match minute, Viktoria43 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bartolo Guillem to maneuver through the defense. Constantino Cordarrel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tristram Yeo in the 33rd minute. Viktoria43's Luis Liberto got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pete Eslworth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Liberto in the 44th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zack Langdon got free with Constantino Cordarrel in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lisandro Primeiro to make the kick off. Pete Eslworth was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Hector Vergaray showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 55 minute of play. Hector Vergaray received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Pete Eslworth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luis Liberto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pete Eslworth having to interfere. In the 63rd match minute, Yardley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tristram Yeo to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Bartolo Guillem in the 64th minute really tested Pete Eslworth's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Ian Caton put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Constantino Cordarrel. Hector Vergaray received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Pete Eslworth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 73 minutes into the game, one of Yardley:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 75th minute there was a penalty for Viktoria43. Bartolo Guillem stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Pete Eslworth. 1-2. After 78 minutes, Edelmiro Estefan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Viktoria43 and the Yardley players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Yardley booed when Viktoria43 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edelmiro Estefan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ian Caton took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Constantino Cordarrel. Constantino Cordarrel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Lisandro Primeiro scored 2-3 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pete Eslworth, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Yardley getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Tristram Yeo hit a great ball. When the match was over Viktoria43 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Yardley throughout the match.