Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lino Rios took the kick off in the first half of the match. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella'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. The corner ended in Dawid Beckham almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's Marta Pressley did a great save. Jan Hop fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marta Pressley having to interfere. After a rather tough play, 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's Marko Törnkvist got a free kick in the 14th minute. Marta Pressley took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dawid Beckham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's Juan Leto got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 18th minute Lino Rios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marta Pressley saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 18 minutes of play, AFC FUSION's Lino Rios made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marta Pressley was left in no man's land by his defense there! 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's Marta Pressley proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella from getting a goal against them. 26 minutes into the match, Bo Ros had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roberto Eztebe. AFC FUSION's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bo Ros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's Marta Pressley played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 29th minute of play. A collision led to 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Claudio Caniggia hit a great ball. Jan Hop sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 43 minutes into the match, 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Rios came free, but Marta Pressley reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bo Ros made a kick off. If Claudio Caniggia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 56th minute of play forced 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's goalkeeper Marta Pressley to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's Hugo Bela was substituted for Marcelino Romo. AFC FUSION were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dawid Beckham took the corner. Mario Sesuldo made in the 61st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's Marko Törnkvist. Dave Efrayim took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Roberto Eztebe. Roberto Eztebe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. 70 minutes into the match, Lino Rios notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's Marta Pressley. Marta Pressley was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 75 minutes into the match, 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Hop came free, but Marta Pressley reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marta Pressley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lino Rios in the 77th minute of play. After a rather tough play, AFC FUSION's Jan Hop got a free kick in the 81st minute. Through an outstanding action, after 83 minutes, Roberto Eztebe successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Roberto Eztebe made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Hugo Bela sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 92nd minute of play forced 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's goalkeeper Marta Pressley to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the last second Roberto Eztebe throw himself and got hold of the ball when Dave Efrayim in the 94thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. 【E ➣Soldados De Sabella's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.