Friendly League

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joaquim Vilar got the match started through his kick off. Marnix Harmannus might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Wilbur Hyde. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marnix Harmannus ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 3rd match minute, Teodelina FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernando Hermon to maneuver through the defense. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind Teodelina FC's goalkeeper Nunez Peli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Domingo Lopez hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Cary Ackerman kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. After having played for 13 minutes, Rodolfo Arruabarrena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Teodelina FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rodolfo Arruabarrena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of El Canalla de Chicago booed when Teodelina FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicolás De la Cruz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nathan Shannon made in the 25th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Domingo Lopez. Wilbur Hyde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marnix Harmannus, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Teodelina FC's Nunez Peli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claude Mueller in the 28th minute of play. In the 30th minute Joaquim Vilar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nunez Peli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wilbur Hyde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marnix Harmannus, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Wilbur Hyde came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Teodelina FC's Marnix Harmannus. But to his dismay, Marnix Harmannus quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marnix Harmannus was the one to do the kick off. If Guaberto Esdras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marnix Harmannus got free with Wilbur Hyde in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 67 minutes into the match, Marnix Harmannus dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Wilbur Hyde, 0-2. El Canalla de Chicago made a substitution. Justin Raines replaced Hugo Hubbard. Teodelina FC made a substitution. Godfredo Bermund replaced Guaberto Esdras. After a rather tough play, Teodelina FC's Fernando Hermon got a free kick in the 72nd minute. El Canalla de Chicago's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Andreas Sanchez in the 75th minute. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Justin Raines got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-2. 76 minutes into the match. Nunez Peli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domingo Lopez, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Wilbur Hyde was a little too slow when Sixto Eate got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 1-3. Nunez Peli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Domingo Lopez in the 89th minute of the match. Rodolfo Arruabarrena hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. After 95 played minutes Teodelina FC got a freekick which was hit by Cornelio Loramendi. When the final whistle sounded Teodelina FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than El Canalla de Chicago.