Friendly League

Redbourn Park
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ryan Tan got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Elpidio Francis in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Afiz Teo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 6 minutes Redbourn AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Petrică Măcriș who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Redbourn AFC's goalie and right to Elpidio Francis. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Redbourn AFC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 8th match minute, Redbourn AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ron Boon to maneuver through the defense. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Redbourn AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Petrică Măcriș was slow to take the kick. During this time ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's players had a chance to rest. Petrică Măcriș made a great header on ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's corner, it was just that Redbourn AFC's Afiz Teo managed to reach the ball for a save. Afiz Teo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elpidio Francis, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Redbourn AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Petrică Măcriș took the corner. Elpidio Francis might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Afiz Teo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elpidio Francis ran back to his position shaking his head. Afiz Teo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elpidio Francis, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Afiz Teo didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Elpidio Francis shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. A collision led to Redbourn AFC getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. John Chong hit a great ball. After 27 played minutes, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Petrică Măcriș shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Afiz Teo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA reached it. Elpidio Francis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Afiz Teo having to make a save. Branislav Velchevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ryan Tan in the 30th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Redbourn AFC's Iskandar Siang got a free kick in the 31st minute. Elpidio Francis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afiz Teo having to interfere. Elpidio Francis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 36th minute of play forced Redbourn AFC's goalkeeper Afiz Teo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40thth minute of the game Elpidio Francis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Redbourn AFC's Afiz Teo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Afiz Teo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Francis in the 41st minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Petrică Măcriș left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After 46 played minutes ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA got a freekick which was hit by Arnaldo Gabon.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell André Monclús to make the kick off. Afiz Teo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from André Monclús in the 52nd minute of play. In the 52nd minute, André Monclús made a precise shot to the right of Afiz Teo. Redbourn AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. 55 minutes into the match, Redbourn AFC's goalkeeper Afiz Teo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by André Monclús. André Monclús could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Afiz Teo made a huge save. Afiz Teo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from André Monclús in the 62nd minute of play. Afiz Teo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Monclús in the 62nd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling André Monclús in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Afiz Teo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that André Monclús's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Afiz Teo was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. In the 70th minute, Danial Koh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Afiz Teo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petrică Măcriș, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. André Monclús could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Afiz Teo made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Monclús in the 76th minute of play forced Redbourn AFC's goalkeeper Afiz Teo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Redbourn AFC's goalkeeper Afiz Teo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 79th minute André Monclús shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afiz Teo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. André Monclús who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 81stth minute tested the skills of Afiz Teo when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 82 played minutes Redbourn AFC got a freekick which was hit by Iskandar Siang. Afiz Teo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Monclús, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Redbourn AFC's Afiz Teo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by André Monclús in the 88th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Redbourn AFC's goal looked a bit too open when André Monclús came free, but Afiz Teo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. André Monclús might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Afiz Teo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. André Monclús ran back to his position shaking his head. Afiz Teo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Monclús, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The supporters of Redbourn AFC booed when ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petrică Măcriș didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Redbourn AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's performance. The match ended with a win for ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA.