Friendly League

Santiago Bernabéu
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ambrosio Colas made the kick off which started today's match. Kurt Kolb made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lázaro Ekain in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th minute, Timo Rokmann fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 6 minutes into the game, GARIBALDI FC's Lázaro Ekain nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kurt Kolb made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Lázaro Ekain's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kurt Kolb was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. When Lázaro Ekain came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the GARIBALDI 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 Lázaro Ekain couldn't finish the play. 18 minutes into the game, GARIBALDI FC's Lázaro Ekain nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kurt Kolb made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 23rd minute, Lázaro Ekain left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GARIBALDI FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. In the 28th minute, Lázaro Ekain got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Kurt Kolb took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ambrosio Colas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Halfdan Hornegaard's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 33rdth minute, Rene Llorian skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Thorlejf Hestbek charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Thorlejf Hestbek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Strib Galacticos IF's Thorlejf Hestbek got a free kick in the 34th minute. Lázaro Ekain received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Kurt Kolb tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th minute of the game Thorvald Tener made a throw-in which Timo Rokmann played forward. 43 minutes into the match, Lázaro Ekain notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Strib Galacticos IF's Kurt Kolb. Kurt Kolb was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Timo Rokmann had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Strib Galacticos IF players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. GARIBALDI FC were winning 0-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Halfdan Hornegaard to make the kick off. GARIBALDI FC's Lázaro Ekain got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lázaro Ekain in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kurt Kolb saved Strib Galacticos IF from getting behind. Strib Galacticos IF's Kurt Kolb played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lázaro Ekain in the 55th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Halfdan Hornegaard in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rene Llorian saved GARIBALDI FC from getting behind. Lázaro Ekain struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Kurt Kolb didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GARIBALDI FC. Lázaro Ekain received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Kurt Kolb came out and tried to block the shot, but Lázaro Ekain slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 64th minute. Kurt Kolb was a little too slow when Lázaro Ekain got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 69th minute. The score was now 0-7. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 0-8 when Lázaro Ekain sped through Strib Galacticos IF's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kurt Kolb. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Figueroa got free with Kurt Kolb in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kurt Kolb didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Benedicto Silbestre went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-9 was the resulting score. In the 90th minute, Ambrosio Colas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kurt Kolb was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-10. The GARIBALDI FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing GARIBALDI FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.