Friendly League

Don Pepe
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Patricio Alvarado made the kick off which started today's match. Herbie Sikalopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Fidel Santana tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 7th minute Herbie Sikalopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fidel Santana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. GuateFortín's Fidel Santana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Herbie Sikalopoulos in the 9th minute of play. If Herbie Sikalopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fidel Santana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herbie Sikalopoulos in the 11th minute of play. After having played for 13 minutes, Herbie Sikalopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Black Cloud FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Herbie Sikalopoulos 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 16th minute, Patricio Alvarado made a precise shot to the right of Balaban Orcaner. Black Cloud FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Fidel Santana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herbie Sikalopoulos in the 23rd minute of play. Primitivo Gallardo hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. When Herbie Sikalopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Black Cloud FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Herbie Sikalopoulos couldn't finish the play. In the 33rd match minute, GuateFortín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Félix Moreno to maneuver through the defense. Fidel Santana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herbie Sikalopoulos in the 34th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Primitivo Gallardo during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herbie Sikalopoulos in the 41st minute of play forced GuateFortín's goalkeeper Fidel Santana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Herbie Sikalopoulos might have been able to make a better finish in the 44th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fidel Santana. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Herbie Sikalopoulos ran back to his position shaking his head. 44 minutes into the match, GuateFortín's goal looked a bit too open when Herbie Sikalopoulos came free, but Fidel Santana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Herbie Sikalopoulos made a kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Black Cloud FC's Herbie Sikalopoulos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fidel Santana. That made the score 1-2 after 51 minutes of play. Fidel Santana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herbie Sikalopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Herbie Sikalopoulos succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-3 in the 56th playminute. Douglas Ayala scored 2-3 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Balaban Orcaner, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Black Cloud FC's Yavuzalp Bakkalbaşı was substituted for Ahmet Korcan Kabakçı. If Herbie Sikalopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fidel Santana made an important save on a dangerous shot by Herbie Sikalopoulos in the 72nd minute. Herbie Sikalopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Gürkan Akaydın did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-4 to the left of a surprised Fidel Santana 74 minutes into the match. Félix Moreno scored 3-4 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Balaban Orcaner, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Black Cloud FC's Başaran Kuvvet was substituted for Herbie Sikalopoulos. GuateFortín's Danilo Viscarra was substituted for Douglas Ayala. Fidel Santana stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Başaran Kuvvet's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. Gürkan Akaydın could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Fidel Santana made a huge save. When the match was over Black Cloud FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than GuateFortín throughout the match.