Friendly League

Slaughtergate
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Placido Kauldi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some careless play in the Egg Chasers FC defense, Placido Kauldi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricky Rowe. The Egg Chasers FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricky Rowe should have stopped the shot. In the 15th minute of the match Cayetano Garci sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ricky Rowe skillfully saved the ball. Ricky Rowe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Placido Kauldi in the 18th minute of play. In the 19th match minute, Egg Chasers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dane Oldham to maneuver through the defense. When Dane Oldham came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Egg Chasers FC 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 Dane Oldham couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Egg Chasers FC getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Jonny Walters hit a great ball. Dane Oldham could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Jesus Flor made a huge save. In the 46th minute, Teodelina FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Dane Oldham fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. With an all-out effort, Egg Chasers FC's Jesus Flor threw himself towards the right post 47 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Patrick Toovey, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dane Oldham to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Dane Oldham left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Egg Chasers FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 57th minute, Ricardo Sanduru hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th minute of the match Sebastian Selby shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jesus Flor showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jesus Flor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jay Mullen in the 62nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Cosme Lano managed to get in a good position for a shot. Teodelina FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Cosme Lano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ricky Rowe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jay Mullen might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jesus Flor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jay Mullen ran back to his position shaking his head. Patrick Toovey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Patrick Toovey's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jesus Flor was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Dave Linkletter's late challenge caught a Teodelina FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dave Linkletter helped the player get up and apologised. 79 minutes into the match, Egg Chasers FC's goal looked a bit too open when Paulino Milio came free, but Ricky Rowe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 80 minutes Egg Chasers FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cayetano Garci who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Cayetano Garci got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ricky Rowe quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 81 minutes, Patrick Toovey mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Egg Chasers FC and the Teodelina FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jesus Flor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeff Galloway, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 91st minute, a hard, long distance shot from Sebastian Selby hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Egg Chasers FC had played much better football throughout.