Friendly League

Wewoka
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) kcronos's Andrea Iacovone started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Florian Menichini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilfredo Elkins in the 5th minute of play. When Wilfredo Elkins came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Wewoka AFC 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 Wilfredo Elkins couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, kcronos's Edmondo Del Nero got a free kick in the 15th minute. Wewoka AFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Christian James in the 22nd minute. Christian James made a great header on Wewoka AFC's corner, it was just that kcronos's Florian Menichini managed to reach the ball for a save. Florian Menichini made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ernesto Mathis in the 23rd minute. Thanks to some nice moves Theodore Norris could shoot a difficult shot in the 24th minute, which Florian Menichini however easily saved by the left post. Alfredo Faieta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Sung Huddleston took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Florian Menichini to make any attempt to save it. After 33 minutes, Ernesto Mathis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Wewoka AFC and the kcronos players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of kcronos booed when Wewoka AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernesto Mathis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 43 played minutes kcronos got a freekick which was hit by Alfonso Coco. Christian James was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 44th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Florian Menichini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilfredo Elkins in the 48th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Wilfredo Elkins stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Josiah Dukes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian Menichini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ebardo Atauri hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. 58 minutes into the match, kcronos's goal looked a bit too open when Henry Lacy came free, but Florian Menichini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristoforo Miccio hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Wewoka AFC's Theodore Norris got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Florian Menichini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henry Lacy in the 63rd minute of play. Andrea Iacovone might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tyrell Duran. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Andrea Iacovone ran back to his position shaking his head. After 70 played minutes Wewoka AFC got a freekick which was hit by Ernesto Mathis. Ernesto Mathis hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as kcronos's Bianco Ucci slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tyrell Duran. That made the score 1-1 after 72 minutes of play. Florian Menichini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilfredo Elkins, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. After 76 played minutes Wewoka AFC got a freekick which was hit by Ryan Kenny. Ebardo Atauri charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ebardo Atauri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Florian Menichini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theodore Norris in the 82nd minute of the match. Rafael Torres hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. In the 86th minute, Edmondo Del Nero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Florian Menichini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henry Lacy in the 89th minute of the match. Alfredo Faieta's late challenge caught a Wewoka AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfredo Faieta helped the player get up and apologised. In the 92nd minute of the match Ryan Kenny sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Florian Menichini skillfully saved the ball. In the 93rd minute Wilfredo Elkins shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian Menichini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. During the 95th minute of the match Ebardo Atauri completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ebardo Atauri a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 96th match minute, kcronos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ebardo Atauri to maneuver through the defense. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.