Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ocean´s Eleven's Dennis Hermansson 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. If Lino Rios had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 4th minute Lino Rios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sven-Olof Örtendal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Östen Olsson lost his temper 7 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ocean´s Eleven fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 6th minute. Penalty! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lino Rios in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sven-Olof Örtendal saved Ocean´s Eleven from getting behind. 13 minutes into the game, Lino Rios cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Sven-Olof Örtendal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 16 played minutes Ocean´s Eleven got a freekick which was hit by Ian Gerdberg. Sven-Olof Örtendal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lino Rios in the 17th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lino Rios in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sven-Olof Örtendal prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Lino Rios scored 2-0 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sven-Olof Örtendal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Ocean´s Eleven's Ian Gerdberg got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 26th minute of the match Dawid Beckham shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sven-Olof Örtendal showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Sven-Olof Örtendal 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 28th minute. The audience was convinced that Lino Rios's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sven-Olof Örtendal was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. After 35 played minutes AFC FUSION got a freekick which was hit by Dawid Beckham. With a little luck, Ocean´s Eleven's Sven-Olof Örtendal got control of the ball when Lino Rios tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan Hop got free with Sven-Olof Örtendal in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 44 minutes into the match, Lino Rios had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sven-Olof Örtendal. Ocean´s Eleven's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lino Rios was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lino Rios stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 51st minute of play forced Ocean´s Eleven's goalkeeper Sven-Olof Örtendal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's Lino Rios sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sven-Olof Örtendal narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sven-Olof Örtendal 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 62nd minute. Lino Rios blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sven-Olof Örtendal having to make a save. The supporters of Ocean´s Eleven booed when AFC FUSION was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wojciech Fiszer didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 67th minute, Wojciech Fiszer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sven-Olof Örtendal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Hop in the 71st minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's Lino Rios sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sven-Olof Örtendal narrowly saved just below the crossbar. AFC FUSION made a substitution. Christoff Stocks replaced Lino Rios. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ocean´s Eleven's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dawid Beckham was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC FUSION's players had a chance to rest. Roberto Eztebe made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Dennis Hermansson sent off a good shot on target. 86 minutes into the game, AFC FUSION's Christoff Stocks nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sven-Olof Örtendal made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Christoff Stocks hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoff Stocks in the 90th minute of play forced Ocean´s Eleven's goalkeeper Sven-Olof Örtendal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaarel Paulus in the 93rd minute of play. When the referee ended the match the AFC FUSION players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.