Friendly League

Estadio Guardamonte
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Humberto Hesp started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute, Kurt Zondervan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 1. FC Schwalbe fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 10 minutes, Fulgencio Christobal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Guardamonte and the 1. FC Schwalbe players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fulgencio Christobal kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. In the 11th match minute, 1. FC Schwalbe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Klaus Schol to maneuver through the defense. Humberto Hanot stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Humberto Hesp's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nicanor Sendoa got free with Reinhard de Jong in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 25 minutes into the match, 1. FC Schwalbe's goalkeeper Reinhard de Jong had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nicanor Sendoa. Reinhard de Jong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eustacio Socorro, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Evert Rogaars hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. With a little luck, 1. FC Schwalbe's Reinhard de Jong got control of the ball when Nicanor Sendoa tried to sneak it across the goal line. 35 minutes into the game, Fabricio Walme cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Reinhard de Jong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 38th match minute, Guardamonte was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabricio Walme to maneuver through the defense. Edgard Mülder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Humberto Hanot having to interfere. After 41 minutes of play, Guardamonte's Nicanor Sendoa made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Reinhard de Jong was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 44th minute, Klaus Schol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Humberto Hesp hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Eustacio Socorro in the 52nd minute of play forced 1. FC Schwalbe's goalkeeper Reinhard de Jong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Kurt Zondervan came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the 1. FC Schwalbe 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 Kurt Zondervan couldn't finish the play. After 57 minutes of play, 1. FC Schwalbe's Edgard Mülder made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Humberto Hanot was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the 1. FC Schwalbe defense, Nicanor Sendoa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Reinhard de Jong. The 1. FC Schwalbe fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Reinhard de Jong should have stopped the shot. Humberto Hesp sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Abel Beltxe fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Guardamonte's protests and gave Abel Beltxe a yellow card for diving instead. Co Lange charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Co Lange the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 72 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for 1. FC Schwalbe! In the 75th minute there was a penalty for Guardamonte. Abel Beltxe stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Reinhard de Jong. 4-3. Reinhard de Jong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustacio Socorro in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute, Kurt Zondervan 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. Reinhard de Jong came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Guardamonte's Fabricio Walme. But to his dismay, Fabricio Walme quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-3. The crowd rose to their feet as Kurt Zondervan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Humberto Hanot. That made the score 5-4 in the 91 minute of play. Kurt Zondervan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Humberto Hanot having to make a save. Guardamonte's defense didn't have a chance, in the 99th minute, when Kurt Zondervan scored to the left of an out of position Humberto Hanot, making the score, 5-5. 1. FC Schwalbe were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.