Friendly League

Arena Eduardo Máximo
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) ESQUIU FC's Cristo Abalos 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. Nicholas Quintano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Jacobo Inguma made a huge save. When Koray Baycan came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Eleven Young Elephants 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 Koray Baycan couldn't finish the play. After 6 minutes, Siro Ramos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ESQUIU FC and the Eleven Young Elephants players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ESQUIU FC's Siro Ramos got a free kick in the 6th minute. Jacobo Inguma showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Enzo Perez, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Darren Carabott scored 1-0 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jacobo Inguma, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bernardo Ikatz's late challenge caught a Eleven Young Elephants's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bernardo Ikatz helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ESQUIU FC getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Bernardo Ikatz hit a great ball. Jacobo Inguma took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vents Ovdaks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 21 minutes into the match, ESQUIU FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vents Ovdaks came free, but Jacobo Inguma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aaron Tanti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tobias Santikurtz, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nicholas Quintano got free with Jacobo Inguma in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Darren Carabott took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Jacobo Inguma to make any attempt to save it. After a defensive mix-up in ESQUIU FC's zone, Nicholas Quintano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacobo Inguma came out of the goal and Nicholas Quintano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 32nd minute, Eleven Young Elephants's Enzo Perez dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0. In the 35th minute Koray Baycan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Inguma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jacobo Inguma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicholas Quintano in the 37th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Eleven Young Elephants's Koray Baycan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jacobo Inguma. Jacobo Inguma yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 5-0. Nicholas Quintano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Jacobo Inguma made a huge save. In the 45thth minute of the game Koray Baycan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ESQUIU FC's Jacobo Inguma was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The wind increased when Koray Baycan made the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, Darren Carabott ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jacobo Inguma was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Jacobo Inguma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koray Baycan in the 59th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Nicholas Quintano notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of ESQUIU FC's Jacobo Inguma. Jacobo Inguma was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of ESQUIU FC booed when Eleven Young Elephants was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Darren Carabott didn't get a good kick on the ball. 67 minutes into the match, Nicholas Quintano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacobo Inguma. ESQUIU FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nicholas Quintano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. After some careless play in the ESQUIU FC defense, Vents Ovdaks kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jacobo Inguma. The ESQUIU FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jacobo Inguma should have stopped the shot. In the 72nd minute, Darren Carabott ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jacobo Inguma was frozen by the shot and now it was 11-0. The audience was convinced that Nicholas Quintano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jacobo Inguma was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Carlo Camilleri kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. 85 minutes into the game, Eleven Young Elephants's Nicholas Quintano nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jacobo Inguma made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 14-0. After 89 minutes of play, Eleven Young Elephants's Darren Carabott made it 15-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jacobo Inguma was left in no man's land by his defense there! Darren Carabott scored 16-0 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jacobo Inguma, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. There was no doubt that Eleven Young Elephants were the better team. Eleven Young Elephants's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.