Friendly League

PLAYSTATION BOWL
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Fred Nilsson started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Argentinean Patriots 1816's Isidoro Rio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Argentinean Patriots 1816 from getting a goal against them. In the 10th minute, Serafin Elizardo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Isidoro Rio. The goal made the score 1-0. Isidoro Rio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serafin Elizardo in the 13th minute of play. In the 15th minute WINNING ELEVEN were awarded a corner. Julio Tano went to the cornerflag to take it. Isidoro Rio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Cordaro in the 17th minute of the match. Isidoro Rio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Serafin Elizardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Isidoro Rio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serafin Elizardo in the 22nd minute of play. In the 26th minute Serafin Elizardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isidoro Rio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute, Leonel Cordaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bello Cura in the 28th minute of play forced WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Jake Leonard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Argentinean Patriots 1816's Isidoro Rio got control of the ball when Fred Nilsson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jake Leonard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bello Cura in the 36th minute of the match. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by WINNING ELEVEN's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dario Iztal was slow to take the kick. During this time Argentinean Patriots 1816's players had a chance to rest. After a rather tough play, WINNING ELEVEN's Leonel Cordaro got a free kick in the 37th minute. Argentinean Patriots 1816's Dario Iztal got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jake Leonard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bello Cura in the 40th minute of the match. Jake Leonard didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ben-Ami Ranchin went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 48th minute Bello Cura shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jake Leonard saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ben-Ami Ranchin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jake Leonard made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ben-Ami Ranchin in the 53rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Serafin Elizardo in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Isidoro Rio saved Argentinean Patriots 1816 from getting behind. 56 minutes had been played when some careless play by Argentinean Patriots 1816's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Julio Tano was slow to take the kick. During this time WINNING ELEVEN's players had a chance to rest. Fred Nilsson might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Isidoro Rio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fred Nilsson ran back to his position shaking his head. WINNING ELEVEN's Hipolito Pirro was substituted for Luke Skywalker. In the 61st minute Serafin Elizardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isidoro Rio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Jake Leonard had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dario Iztal. 64 minutes into the match, Argentinean Patriots 1816's goal looked a bit too open when Leonel Cordaro came free, but Isidoro Rio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Isidoro Rio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Cordaro in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafin Elizardo in the 70th minute of play forced Argentinean Patriots 1816's goalkeeper Isidoro Rio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafin Elizardo in the 73rd minute of play forced Argentinean Patriots 1816's goalkeeper Isidoro Rio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute Leonel Cordaro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isidoro Rio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Isidoro Rio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Serafin Elizardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute, Fred Nilsson made a precise shot to the right of Isidoro Rio. Argentinean Patriots 1816's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Jake Leonard took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardino Quintin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd match minute, Argentinean Patriots 1816 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fermin Milio to maneuver through the defense. Julio Tano, 93 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. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. WINNING ELEVEN had won after a very even match.