Friendly League

Estadio 21 de Agosto
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, 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. Marin Jumancă started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute of the match Huckebein got a corner. Club El Progreso's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lucjan Kendra ran over to the corner to take the kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anacleto Esiquio in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Benjamin Tino saved Club El Progreso from getting behind. When the match clock showed 4 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Anacleto Esiquio sped through Club El Progreso's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benjamin Tino. Benjamin Tino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marin Jumancă in the 8th minute of play. Club El Progreso's Benjamin Tino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marin Jumancă in the 8th minute of play. Apolo Santxol took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bonifacio Txindoki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 12 minutes Huckebein's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bonifacio Txindoki who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Club El Progreso's corner Bonifacio Txindoki fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Apolo Santxol quite easily take care of the ball. After having played for 20 minutes, Marin Jumancă managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Huckebein's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marin Jumancă was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Benjamin Tino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marin Jumancă in the 23rd minute of the match. Abel Hermon made in the 27th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Club El Progreso's Stephan Testaferrata Bonici. Indiana Jones's late challenge caught a Huckebein's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Indiana Jones helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Club El Progreso getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Indiana Jones hit a great ball. In the 35th minute, Matías Kranevitter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benjamin Tino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marin Jumancă in the 39th minute of play. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Club El Progreso's goalkeeper Benjamin Tino, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Club El Progreso's Benjamin Tino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marin Jumancă in the 42nd minute of play. When Marin Jumancă came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Huckebein 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 Marin Jumancă couldn't finish the play. Marin Jumancă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Indiana Jones made the kick off in the second half. In the 59th minute Huckebein were awarded a corner. Lucjan Kendra went to the cornerflag to take it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marin Jumancă got free with Benjamin Tino in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind Club El Progreso's goalkeeper Benjamin Tino, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Club El Progreso's Anders Sellberg was substituted for Adolfo Fidensio. 73 minutes into the game, Club El Progreso's Indiana Jones nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Apolo Santxol made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Apolo Santxol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Indiana Jones in the 76th minute of play. Wolfgang Dalkvist who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 80thth minute tested the skills of Benjamin Tino when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Wolfgang Dalkvist had several of the Club El Progreso's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 80 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-2 score and a disappointed Benjamin Tino as he didn't even see the shot coming. Club El Progreso's Enzo Bot was substituted for Cleto Cordaro. Benjamin Tino made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Wolfgang Dalkvist sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Club El Progreso's Benjamin Tino got control of the ball when Wolfgang Dalkvist tried to sneak it across the goal line. Club El Progreso succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Huckebein had controlled the match.