Friendly League

PINGO PINGO ARENA
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Filip Josefsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frank Hopker was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 4th minute, Gavino Onbera fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Frank Hopker stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filip Josefsson's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. Frank Hopker was out of position in the 9 minute of play, and Gregorio Tancoš capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gregorio Tancoš really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. The PINGO PINGO fans' excitement grew in the 15th match minute when PINGO PINGO's Filip Josefsson looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Filip Josefsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frank Hopker having to interfere. With his leg Frank Hopker managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when PINGO PINGO's Filip Josefsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Filip Josefsson let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 22nd minute shot 3-0 at rihgt post. With a little luck, F.C North's Frank Hopker got control of the ball when Filip Josefsson tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Filip Josefsson put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Frank Hopker. With his leg Frank Hopker managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when PINGO PINGO's Filip Josefsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Frank Hopker stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filip Josefsson's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. In the 33rd match minute, F.C North was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Harry Burley to maneuver through the defense. Filip Josefsson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Frank Hopker came out and tried to block the shot, but Filip Josefsson slotted it home off the left post making it 6-0 in the 38th minute. When Doug Perkins fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored F.C North's protests and gave Doug Perkins a yellow card for diving instead. PINGO PINGO made a substitution. Gilberto Demario replaced Gavino Onbera. A collision led to F.C North getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Doug Perkins hit a great ball. Frank Hopker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvaro Micarelli in the 46th minute of the match. Filip Josefsson scored 8-0 in the 48th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frank Hopker, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The wind increased when Filip Josefsson made the kick off in the second half. Felipe Fernandes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frank Hopker having to interfere. Frank Hopker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Josefsson in the 55th minute of the match. F.C North's Frank Hopker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filip Josefsson in the 56th minute of play. After 57 minutes of play, PINGO PINGO's Felipe Fernandes made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Frank Hopker was left in no man's land by his defense there! Frank Hopker didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Filip Josefsson went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 10-0 was the resulting score. In the 66th minute, Filip Josefsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PINGO PINGO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 11-0. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Filip Josefsson put it in 12-0 from a short distance just to the right of Frank Hopker. After 73 minutes, Filip Josefsson made it 13-0 with a short kick to the right side. F.C North's Frank Hopker tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When PINGO PINGO's Paulo José de Carvalho in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye F.C North's goalie prevented a goal. Filip Josefsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Frank Hopker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. PINGO PINGO's Gregorio Tancoš got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match clock showed 82 minutes, the score became 14-0 when Filip Josefsson sped through F.C North's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Frank Hopker. If Filip Josefsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 90 minutes into the match, Alvaro Micarelli had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Frank Hopker. F.C North's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alvaro Micarelli was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 16-0. In the 93rd minute Felipe Fernandes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Hopker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 94th minute, Filip Josefsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Frank Hopker was frozen by the shot and now it was 17-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Filip Josefsson in the 98th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Frank Hopker prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the referee ended the match the PINGO PINGO players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.