Friendly League

Arena Diplomata FC
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, 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. Charlie Boström started the match with the kick off. After 2 played minutes DIPLOMATA FC PAB got a freekick which was hit by Song Xiong Hong. After 4 played minutes, A.A. Francana's Bartosz Bereszynski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Chico Donato came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in A.A. Francana reached it. With his leg Renan Melo managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Olivier Gilg fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Olivier Gilg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Renan Melo made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aykut Canel in the 16th minute of play forced DIPLOMATA FC PAB's goalkeeper Chico Donato to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16thth minute of the game Aykut Canel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Chico Donato was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Olivier Gilg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Renan Melo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Renan Melo came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Olivier Gilg. But to his dismay, Olivier Gilg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Charlie Boström scored 1-1 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Chico Donato, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Betinho Moreno hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. In the 35th minute, Aykut Canel 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 having played for 36 minutes, Olivier Gilg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's supporters crossed their fingers, but Olivier Gilg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Renan Melo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olivier Gilg in the 39th minute of play. Chico Donato showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Koenig in the 44th minute of the match. Olivier Gilg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Renan Melo having to interfere. With a little luck, A.A. Francana's Renan Melo got control of the ball when Olivier Gilg tried to sneak it across the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olivier Gilg to make the kick off. Caetano Albuquerque hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Renan Melo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olivier Gilg in the 54th minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, DIPLOMATA FC PAB's goalkeeper Chico Donato had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aykut Canel. Caetano Albuquerque made in the 59th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Charlie Boström immediately put the ball in play. Renan Melo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olivier Gilg in the 62nd minute of play. Chico Donato took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Koenig, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Teoman Tokhan's late challenge caught a A.A. Francana's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teoman Tokhan helped the player get up and apologised. If Aykut Canel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Teoman Tokhan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Caetano Albuquerque, made in the 85th minute of the game. DIPLOMATA FC PAB were awarded a corner in the 87th minute after A.A. Francana's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Song Xiong Hong took the corner. The A.A. Francana players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.