Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Hermes Pinilla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Benedicto Hustaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Valentin Manex hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Julio De Leon recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Orlando Ramos charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Orlando Ramos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After having played for 29 minutes, Orlando Ramos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Orlando Ramos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 31 minutes, Valentin Manex managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AFC FUSION's supporters crossed their fingers, but Valentin Manex was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 35th minute, Hermes Pinilla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Raul Brandao received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Benedicto Hustaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, Julio De Leon notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of AFC FUSION's Benedicto Hustaz. Benedicto Hustaz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 47 minutes into the match, Raul Brandao had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benedicto Hustaz. AFC FUSION's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Raul Brandao was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Marco Lorien made the kick off in the second half. Benedicto Hustaz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio De Leon in the 53rd minute of play. Julio De Leon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benedicto Hustaz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio De Leon in the 62nd minute of the match. If Edgard Abascal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Benedicto Hustaz managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Julio De Leon fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some careless play in the AFC FUSION defense, Raul Brandao kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benedicto Hustaz. The AFC FUSION fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benedicto Hustaz should have stopped the shot. AFC FUSION's defense didn't have a chance, in the 72nd minute, when Julio De Leon scored to the left of an out of position Benedicto Hustaz, making the score, 0-5. In the 79th minute Julio De Leon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benedicto Hustaz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Raul Brandao fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benedicto Hustaz having to interfere. After 90 played minutes ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ got a freekick which was hit by Raul Brandao. Hermes Pinilla hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Marco Lorien sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benedicto Hustaz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio De Leon in the 97th minute of play.