Friendly League

Pipon Pipon Field
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kurtis Wooten took the kick off in the first half of the match. Grigor Grigoryan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Lanny Valle hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, C. A. Pipon Pipon's Rudy Irvin got a free kick in the 14th minute. Clemente Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Avetisyan in the 15th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Grigor Grigoryan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clemente Armani was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Clemente Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Avetisyan in the 20th minute of play. Grigor Grigoryan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Clemente Armani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 28 minutes into the game, Khachatryan's Grigor Grigoryan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Clemente Armani made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 30 minutes into the match, C. A. Pipon Pipon's goal looked a bit too open when Grigor Grigoryan came free, but Clemente Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Khachatryan's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Abel Avetisyan in the 31st minute. The corner led Khachatryan's Grigor Grigoryan to fire away a dangerous shot which Clemente Armani despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Grigor Grigoryan struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Clemente Armani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Khachatryan. Clemente Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kurtis Wooten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kurtis Wooten in the 36th minute of play forced C. A. Pipon Pipon's goalkeeper Clemente Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khachatryan's Abel Avetisyan got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 39th minute, Arno Martirosyan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Clemente Armani was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Clemente Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kurtis Wooten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 46 played minutes C. A. Pipon Pipon got a freekick which was hit by Jose José. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Thaddeus Wiley was substituted for Bronson Mackey. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marcos Sewell was the one to do the kick off. Grigor Grigoryan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Clemente Armani read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. Clemente Armani made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Grigor Grigoryan sent off a good shot on target. Clemente Armani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Grigor Grigoryan in the 61st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Grigor Grigoryan got free with Clemente Armani in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A hard shot 67 in the game by Kurtis Wooten from a close distance when the talented Clemente Armani managed to make a qualified save. C. A. Pipon Pipon's players were relieved. In the 68th minute, Bobby Fisher hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khachatryan's Alex Raţiu was substituted for Arno Martirosyan. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kurtis Wooten in the 77th minute of play forced C. A. Pipon Pipon's goalkeeper Clemente Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, C. A. Pipon Pipon's Clemente Armani got control of the ball when Kurtis Wooten tried to sneak it across the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, C. A. Pipon Pipon's goalkeeper Clemente Armani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Grigor Grigoryan. Lanny Valle hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. 0-3 became the score in the 91st minute when Kurtis Wooten elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 98th minute, Kurtis Wooten made a precise shot to the right of Clemente Armani. C. A. Pipon Pipon's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. When the final whistle sounded Khachatryan left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than C. A. Pipon Pipon.