Friendly League

Gigante de Alberdi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lars Sundström took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 2 minutes, Damian Precioso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Piratas FC and the FC Kurdistan players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd match minute, Piratas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damian Precioso to maneuver through the defense. 8 minutes into the match, Lars Sundström had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Victorino Gaufred. Piratas FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lars Sundström was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iwan Kasiewski in the 10th minute of play forced Piratas FC's goalkeeper Victorino Gaufred to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A well-hit corner resulted in Iwan Kasiewski heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damian Precioso got free with Alaaddin Solskjær in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Victorino Gaufred showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lars Sundström, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 23rd minute, Lars Sundström made a precise shot to the right of Victorino Gaufred. Piratas FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. 27 minutes into the match, FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Victorino Gaufred narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Piratas FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Roberto-Carlos da Silva was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Kurdistan's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Piratas FC's goalie and right to Fredric Hybbert. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Piratas FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Victorino Gaufred showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lars Sundström, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Teodoro Casomiro made in the 33rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Amadeo Francesco however managed to control. Victorino Gaufred showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwan Kasiewski in the 34th minute of the match. Lars Sundström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victorino Gaufred having to interfere. 38 minutes into the game, Lars Sundström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Victorino Gaufred was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Victorino Gaufred didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lars Sundström went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. When Lars Sundström came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the FC Kurdistan 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 Lars Sundström couldn't finish the play. In the 47th match minute, FC Kurdistan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erhard Esbo to maneuver through the defense.

The wind increased when Amadeo Francesco made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Sundström in the 52nd minute of play forced Piratas FC's goalkeeper Victorino Gaufred to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Kurdistan's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Roberto-Carlos da Silva in the 53rd minute. It was a well-played corner which Iwan Kasiewski managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Lars Sundström might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Victorino Gaufred. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lars Sundström ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Sundström in the 58th minute of play forced Piratas FC's goalkeeper Victorino Gaufred to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Kurdistan were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Piratas FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Roberto-Carlos da Silva took the corner. The corner led FC Kurdistan's Fredric Hybbert to fire away a dangerous shot which Victorino Gaufred despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 61st minute, FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Victorino Gaufred. Victorino Gaufred yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. FC Kurdistan's Elliot Nordgren was substituted for Lars Sundström. FC Kurdistan made a substitution. Jörgen Levander replaced Ubaldo Ritchie. Elliot Nordgren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Kurdistan's Elliot Nordgren slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Victorino Gaufred. That made the score 0-6 after 68 minutes of play. Elliot Nordgren blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Victorino Gaufred having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elliot Nordgren in the 70th minute of play forced Piratas FC's goalkeeper Victorino Gaufred to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Kurdistan made a substitution. Nils Hopp replaced Roberto-Carlos da Silva. Lisandro Claude hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Piratas FC's Victorino Gaufred played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elliot Nordgren in the 73rd minute of play. Victorino Gaufred made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elliot Nordgren in the 74th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Elliot Nordgren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victorino Gaufred was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. The throw-in from Teodoro Casomiro in the 76th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC Kurdistan's Carlos-Alberto Bayona. In the 77th minute, Elliot Nordgren fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 79 minutes into the game, Teodoro Casomiro threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Kurdistan's Carlos-Alberto Bayona quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Florentino Sendoa lost his temper 80 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elliot Nordgren got free with Victorino Gaufred in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Elliot Nordgren received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Victorino Gaufred came out and tried to block the shot, but Elliot Nordgren slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 87th minute. The supporters of FC Kurdistan booed when Piratas FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teodoro Casomiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Piratas FC's Victorino Gaufred played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elliot Nordgren in the 91st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Elliot Nordgren kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Victorino Gaufred. That made the score 0-8 in the 93 minute of play. 97 minutes into the game, Erhard Esbo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Kurdistan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Piratas FC the free kick. Erhard Esbo hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. When the final whistle sounded FC Kurdistan left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Piratas FC.