Friendly League

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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Darryl Buckner's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roberto Eztebe was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. After some careless play in the Dep Colonia Avellaneda defense, Lino Rios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victoriano Bernaldo. The Dep Colonia Avellaneda fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victoriano Bernaldo should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Dep Colonia Avellaneda's Pascual Lesardo got a free kick in the 8th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Lino Rios notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Dep Colonia Avellaneda's Victoriano Bernaldo. Victoriano Bernaldo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pascual Lesardo hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. After 15 played minutes Dep Colonia Avellaneda got a freekick which was hit by Pascual Lesardo. Victoriano Bernaldo 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 16th minute. Pascual Lesardo kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Dep Colonia Avellaneda's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Rios came free, but Victoriano Bernaldo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Dep Colonia Avellaneda's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Rios came free, but Victoriano Bernaldo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vasile Tufescu came free with the goalkeeper in the 31st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Roberto Eztebe could save by the left post. Victoriano Bernaldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dawid Beckham in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 36th match minute, AFC FUSION was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan Hop to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 38th minute of play forced Dep Colonia Avellaneda's goalkeeper Victoriano Bernaldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute Darryl Buckner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Darryl Buckner blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Roberto Eztebe having to make a save. With a little luck, AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe got control of the ball when Darryl Buckner tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 46 played minutes AFC FUSION got a freekick which was hit by Jan Hop. After the first half AFC FUSION were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lino Rios made a kick off. Victoriano Bernaldo made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Lino Rios sent off a good shot on target. Santo Libertad hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. After 58 played minutes Dep Colonia Avellaneda got a freekick which was hit by Pascual Lesardo. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo Rosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Lino Rios fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victoriano Bernaldo having to interfere. 68 minutes into the match, Dep Colonia Avellaneda's goalkeeper Victoriano Bernaldo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lino Rios. In the 69th minute, Leopoldo Rosa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roberto Eztebe was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 74 minutes in the game Wojciech Fiszer did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Dawid Beckham. Jonatan Maidana hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darryl Buckner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes into the match, Darryl Buckner 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. In the 89th match minute, Dep Colonia Avellaneda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pascual Lesardo to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lino Rios in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Victoriano Bernaldo saved Dep Colonia Avellaneda from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Lino Rios managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFC FUSION's supporters rose to their feet, but Lino Rios was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Victoriano Bernaldo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.