Friendly League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 48 (Terracing: 37, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kurtis Wooten got the match started through his kick off. El Canalla de Chicago:s Bart Villanueva showed great skill when he stopped Brian McKinney:s penalty. 6 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Khachatryan's Kurtis Wooten fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Anton Florei hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. In the 9th match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodger Mejia to maneuver through the defense. Grigor Grigoryan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Bart Villanueva made a huge save. In the 12th minute Rudolf Pendleton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tigran Balayan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rudolf Pendleton in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tigran Balayan saved Khachatryan from getting behind. Grigor Grigoryan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Khachatryan's Kurtis Wooten slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bart Villanueva. That made the score 1-0 after 22 minutes of play. In the 26th minute Kurtis Wooten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bart Villanueva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by El Canalla de Chicago's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abel Avetisyan was slow to take the kick. During this time Khachatryan's players had a chance to rest. Abel Avetisyan made a great header on Khachatryan's corner, it was just that El Canalla de Chicago's Bart Villanueva managed to reach the ball for a save. El Canalla de Chicago's Bart Villanueva proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save El Canalla de Chicago from getting a goal against them. In the 35th minute Kurtis Wooten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bart Villanueva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's Grigor Grigoryan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bart Villanueva narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After taking down the ball on Khachatryan's corner Kurtis Wooten fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Bart Villanueva quite easily take care of the ball. Grigor Grigoryan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Bart Villanueva made a huge save. In the 41st minute, Rudolf Pendleton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 47th minute, Martin Tuttle ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tigran Balayan was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Bart Villanueva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grigor Grigoryan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Khachatryan's Tommy Landis was substituted for Hugon Smolarek. Khachatryan were awarded a corner in the 65th minute after El Canalla de Chicago's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Abel Avetisyan took the corner. Khachatryan's Alex Raţiu was substituted for Arno Martirosyan. In the 70th minute Khachatryan were awarded a corner. Abel Avetisyan went to the cornerflag to take it. Abel Avetisyan made a great header on Khachatryan's corner, it was just that El Canalla de Chicago's Bart Villanueva managed to reach the ball for a save. A sloppy throw-in by Nico Tagliafico in the 73rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by El Canalla de Chicago's Emmanuel Akers. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Bart Villanueva, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Grigor Grigoryan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 82 minutes into the match, El Canalla de Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Kurtis Wooten came free, but Bart Villanueva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th minute, Kurtis Wooten left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Khachatryan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Bart Villanueva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kurtis Wooten's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. In the 91stth minute of the game Kurtis Wooten who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Canalla de Chicago's Bart Villanueva was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bart Villanueva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kurtis Wooten, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Bart Villanueva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Avetisyan, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. Khachatryan walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.