Friendly League

Stadio Cornaredo
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) La Scaloneta's Lionel Messi 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. Adolfo Lohitzun made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Stephen Vicente sent off a good shot on target. Valentin Taurino charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valentin Taurino the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 12 played minutes La Scaloneta got a freekick which was hit by Valentin Taurino. Dietrich Bucheli, 12 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Godo Gøl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lionel Messi in the 17th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC Lugano's Stephen Vicente got a free kick in the 17th minute. After a rather tough play, FC Lugano's Eugenio Zarrella got a free kick in the 22nd minute. 26 minutes into the match, Rosendo Sasoin notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC Lugano's Godo Gøl. Godo Gøl was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Eugenio Zarrella sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. La Scaloneta's Adolfo Lohitzun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save La Scaloneta from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Lionel Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Godo Gøl was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Lionel Messi sped through FC Lugano's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Godo Gøl. In the 45th minute, Mikel Jerzinger ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Adolfo Lohitzun was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugenio Zarrella in the 51st minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Adolfo Lohitzun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Torben von Arb charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Torben von Arb the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC Lugano getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Torben von Arb hit a great ball. With a little luck, FC Lugano's Godo Gøl got control of the ball when Lion Messi tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Ángel-Fabián Di María fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Scaloneta's protests and gave Ángel-Fabián Di María a yellow card for diving instead. In the 57th match minute, La Scaloneta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ángel-Fabián Di María to maneuver through the defense. Eugenio Zarrella recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 61 played minutes FC Lugano got a freekick which was hit by Mikel Jerzinger. In the 65th minute, La Scaloneta's Rosendo Sasoin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Godo Gøl. Godo Gøl yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. FC Lugano made a substitution. Timofej Schneebeli replaced Florian Diederich. FC Lugano made a substitution. Ulric Donsante replaced Fedor Adler. La Scaloneta made a substitution. Ariel Ubendu replaced Antonio Niva. Adolfo Lohitzun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eugenio Zarrella, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 76 minutes into the match, FC Lugano's goalkeeper Godo Gøl had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rosendo Sasoin. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stephen Vicente during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 79 minutes into the game, La Scaloneta's Lionel Messi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Godo Gøl made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Godo Gøl made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rosendo Sasoin in the 84th minute. Godo Gøl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rosendo Sasoin in the 88th minute of play. Eugenio Zarrella sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. La Scaloneta were awarded a corner in the 94th minute after FC Lugano's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Damaso Belarmo took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Damaso Belarmo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Godo Gøl quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. La Scaloneta had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.