Friendly League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nino Schurter made the kick off which started today's match. Fabian Honauer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaudencio Lekubegi in the 7th minute of the match. Iwan Lepucki made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alain Berset in the 10th minute. 16 minutes into the match, Rogelio Montez dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Iwan Lepucki, 1-0. LavAzzA's Iwan Lepucki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nino Schurter in the 20th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 23 minutes, Iwan Lepucki successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The corner led to Espen Steelers's Williams Imholz getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Gaudencio Lekubegi might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fabian Honauer. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gaudencio Lekubegi ran back to his position shaking his head. 38 minutes into the match, Espen Steelers's goal looked a bit too open when Gaudencio Lekubegi came free, but Fabian Honauer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iwan Lepucki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alain Berset in the 41st minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, Alain Berset had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iwan Lepucki. LavAzzA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alain Berset was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogelio Montez in the 45th minute of play forced LavAzzA's goalkeeper Iwan Lepucki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save 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 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gaudencio Lekubegi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rogelio Montez in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Iwan Lepucki prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Espen Steelers's Fabian Honauer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaudencio Lekubegi in the 55th minute of play. In the 56th minute, Alain Berset hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Torben Krabber kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Fabian Honauer stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gaudencio Lekubegi's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gaudencio Lekubegi in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fabian Honauer prevented the ball from getting in the gole. LavAzzA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Amerigo Labarra in the 61st minute. A nice corner shot did that Amerigo Labarra got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fabian Honauer quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 62nd minute, Gaudencio Lekubegi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 67th minute, Gaudencio Lekubegi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabian Honauer was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Iwan Lepucki didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alain Berset went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. LavAzzA's Gilbert Amsler was substituted for Di Ao Shi. 79 minutes into the match, LavAzzA's Gaudencio Lekubegi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fabian Honauer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Stan Wawrinka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iwan Lepucki was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Iwan Lepucki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stan Wawrinka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iwan Lepucki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alain Berset, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. LavAzzA's Iwan Lepucki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alain Berset in the 89th minute of play. A collision led to LavAzzA getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Samir Kastrati hit a great ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the LavAzzA players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Espen Steelers.