Friendly League

Pipon Pipon Field
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Titipounamu's Nando Pereira 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. In the 5th minute Titipounamu were awarded a corner. Melchor Sayveon went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Titipounamu's Maximilian Larsson getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Cesario Irazu hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. 11 minutes into the match, C. A. Pipon Pipon's goal looked a bit too open when Nando Pereira came free, but Jannes Ruttens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Jannes Ruttens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maximilian Larsson in the 14th minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 16th minute of the game. One of C. A. Pipon Pipon:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Titipounamu:s goal. In the 16th minute there was a penalty for Titipounamu. Nando Pereira stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jannes Ruttens. 0-1. In the 19th minute Nicky Bryson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Art Hauschildt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nando Pereira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jannes Ruttens read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 23rd minute of play. Art Hauschildt made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Cesario Irazu sent off a good shot on target. 28 minutes into the match, Nicky Bryson notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Titipounamu's Art Hauschildt. Art Hauschildt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jannes Ruttens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nando Pereira in the 32nd minute of play. Jannes Ruttens came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Titipounamu's Nando Pereira. But to his dismay, Nando Pereira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Jannes Ruttens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nando Pereira, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nicky Bryson got free with Art Hauschildt in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Nicky Bryson pulled a muscle in his back after 45 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Vincente Santiago's late challenge caught a C. A. Pipon Pipon's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vincente Santiago helped the player get up and apologised. C. A. Pipon Pipon made a substitution. Malcolm McIntosh replaced Nicky Bryson. After a rather tough play, Titipounamu's Vincente Santiago got a free kick in the 47th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Malcolm McIntosh to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd match minute, C. A. Pipon Pipon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francesco Figueroa to maneuver through the defense. Jannes Ruttens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximilian Larsson in the 57th minute of play. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Jannes Ruttens proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save C. A. Pipon Pipon from getting a goal against them. Titipounamu's Kirby Palmington was substituted for Jacobs Soekirno. A throw-in in the 65th minute of the game was made by Ronalds Koeman with Pepe Rompel as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 66th minute Kirby Palmington suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. In the 67th match minute, C. A. Pipon Pipon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francesco Figueroa to maneuver through the defense. C. A. Pipon Pipon made a substitution. A.J. Belcher replaced Benito Morin. In the 72nd minute, Melchor Sayveon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Art Hauschildt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristóvão Ortiz, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Titipounamu's Remington Dobson was substituted for Maximilian Larsson. Ronalds Koeman made in the 78th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Pepe Rompel. Nando Pereira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jannes Ruttens having to interfere. Titipounamu's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.