Friendly League

Arena DAMIAN’S
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Villa di Molvena FC's Alexis Sánchez started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Damian’s Team getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Gabriel Zarate hit a great ball. Nenko Topchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kusti Rääk in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute, Kusti Rääk made a precise shot to the right of Nenko Topchev. Damian’s Team's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 12 minutes into the match, Damian’s Team's goal looked a bit too open when Alexis Sánchez came free, but Nenko Topchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabiano Mattei in the 16th minute of play forced Damian’s Team's goalkeeper Nenko Topchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bai Cheng Ning sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Edoardo Mauro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bai Cheng Ning in the 17th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bai Cheng Ning got free with Edoardo Mauro in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 23rd minute, Tiburcio Oliveiro got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Damian’s Team's Suscal Urquiaga got a free kick in the 28th minute. In the 31st minute, Alexis Sánchez got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of Villa di Molvena FC booed when Damian’s Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rogerio Rocafort didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alexis Sánchez took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nenko Topchev. Nenko Topchev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Damian’s Team's Nenko Topchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexis Sánchez in the 39th minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Gabriel Zarate hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alexis Sánchez in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nenko Topchev saved Damian’s Team from getting behind. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bai Cheng Ning to make the kick off. If Fabiano Mattei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bai Cheng Ning in the 54th minute of play forced Villa di Molvena FC's goalkeeper Edoardo Mauro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute, Damian’s Team's Rogerio Rocafort seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Rogerio Rocafort the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Damian’s Team protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Rogerio Rocafort had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 59th minute of the game. One of Damian’s Team:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Villa di Molvena FC:s goal. The goalkeeper, Nenko Topchev, was totally fooled by Villa di Molvena FC's Alexis Sánchez, who 62 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Kusti Rääk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Nenko Topchev made a huge save. With a little luck, Damian’s Team's Nenko Topchev got control of the ball when Kusti Rääk tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nenko Topchev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kusti Rääk in the 75th minute. A nice corner shot did that Ferdinando Pacella got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nenko Topchev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Alexis Sánchez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Nenko Topchev made a huge save. Bai Cheng Ning fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edoardo Mauro having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fabiano Mattei in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nenko Topchev saved Damian’s Team from getting behind. The Damian’s Team fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Villa di Molvena FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.