Friendly League

Kurt Tank
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the match, Huckebein's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Rios came free, but Apolo Santxol reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. AFC FUSION's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dawid Beckham in the 5th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Jan Hop heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 9thth minute of the game Lino Rios who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Huckebein's Apolo Santxol was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Wojciech Fiszer made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Huckebein's Ladislao Calisto. Marin Jumancă received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Roberto Eztebe came out and tried to block the shot, but Marin Jumancă slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 16th minute. Lino Rios blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Apolo Santxol having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 19th minute of play forced Huckebein's goalkeeper Apolo Santxol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Apolo Santxol showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. After 23 minutes of play, AFC FUSION's Lino Rios made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Apolo Santxol was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 27thth minute of the game Lino Rios who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Huckebein's Apolo Santxol was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Huckebein defense, Lino Rios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Apolo Santxol. The Huckebein fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Apolo Santxol should have stopped the shot. 31 minutes into the match, Huckebein's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Rios came free, but Apolo Santxol reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, Marin Jumancă notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe. Roberto Eztebe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lino Rios's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Apolo Santxol read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 39th minute of play. Lino Rios recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 43 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's goal looked a bit too open when Mehmet Ferit Ayçetin came free, but Roberto Eztebe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute, Lino Rios made a precise shot to the right of Apolo Santxol. Huckebein's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Lino Rios made the kick off in the second half. Lino Rios sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 56th minute Lino Rios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apolo Santxol saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Lino Rios had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Huckebein's Apolo Santxol proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Huckebein from getting a goal against them. Lino Rios succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-5 in the 60th playminute. Huckebein made a substitution. Wilfredo Ugutz replaced Alvaro Perez. In the 65th minute, Lucjan Kendra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marin Jumancă in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Roberto Eztebe prevented the ball from getting in the gole. AFC FUSION made a substitution. Christoff Stocks replaced Lino Rios. Huckebein's Lucjan Kendra was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Roberto Eztebe in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Apolo Santxol took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christoff Stocks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Christoff Stocks's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Apolo Santxol was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. Wolfgang Dalkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gwidon Augustyn in the 79th minute of play. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Apolo Santxol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christoff Stocks in the 85th minute of play. Huckebein's defense didn't have a chance, in the 87th minute, when Christoff Stocks scored to the left of an out of position Apolo Santxol, making the score, 2-6. After 95 played minutes Huckebein got a freekick which was hit by Lucjan Kendra. The AFC FUSION supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing AFC FUSION would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.