Friendly League

LA ESTANCIA
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Barry Mans started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the match, North of California's goal looked a bit too open when Barry Mans came free, but Urbano Havier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Stefan Raab had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. RD Hamburg's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Maxim Heupel in the 17th minute. When Arnaldo Hustaz fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored North of California's protests and gave Arnaldo Hustaz a yellow card for diving instead. Arnaldo Hustaz hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Leif Törnqvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. North of California's supporters rose to their feet, but Leif Törnqvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pascal Finke breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Raab in the 34th minute of play forced North of California's goalkeeper Urbano Havier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes into the game, North of California's Silvestre Txomin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pascal Finke made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stefan Raab during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Pascal Finke made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Leif Törnqvist sent off a good shot on target. North of California's Arnaldo Hustaz was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pascal Finke in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leif Törnqvist was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute Leif Törnqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascal Finke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leif Törnqvist took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pascal Finke. Pascal Finke dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. 56 minutes into the match, RD Hamburg's goal looked a bit too open when Leif Törnqvist came free, but Pascal Finke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. North of California's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Arnaldo Hustaz in the 63rd minute. Arnaldo Hustaz made a great header on North of California's corner, it was just that RD Hamburg's Pascal Finke managed to reach the ball for a save. Pascal Finke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvestre Txomin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 66 played minutes North of California got a freekick which was hit by Gervasio Isias. Maxim Heupel's late challenge caught a North of California's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maxim Heupel helped the player get up and apologised. Maxim Heupel kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. 78 minutes into the match, North of California's Gervasio Isias sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pascal Finke narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of North of California booed when RD Hamburg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dirk Gulder didn't get a good kick on the ball. RD Hamburg's Pascal Finke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnaldo Hustaz in the 80th minute of play. Mark Deffaa charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mark Deffaa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 81st minute, Mark Deffaa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Siegmund Schenk kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Arnaldo Hustaz scored 3-0 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pascal Finke, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Barry Mans came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the RD Hamburg 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 Barry Mans couldn't finish the play. The supporters of RD Hamburg booed when North of California was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arnaldo Hustaz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 96th minute of the match Maxim Heupel sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Urbano Havier skillfully saved the ball. North of California were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of RD Hamburg for a fine match.