Friendly League

Nicky Myers
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Minor Godinez made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to LinuX F.C. getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Tulio Burgos hit a great ball. Bernardo Arias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Sand, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. The audience was convinced that José Sand's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardo Arias was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 7 minutes, the score became 0-1 when José Sand sped through LinuX F.C.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bernardo Arias. Loco Team FC's attentive Nicolas Agerbo managed to snatch the ball when Tulio Burgos made a throw-in in the 10th minute of the game. Eric Vandenberge fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernardo Arias having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Sand in the 20th minute of play forced LinuX F.C.'s goalkeeper Bernardo Arias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st match minute, LinuX F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Berny Parra to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind LinuX F.C.'s goalkeeper Bernardo Arias, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With his leg Zhuang Xing Tian managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when LinuX F.C.'s Frank Soto fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Frank Soto put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Zhuang Xing Tian. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frank Soto got free with Zhuang Xing Tian in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fello Serrano made in the 40th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Minor Godinez. Zhuang Xing Tian made an important save on a dangerous shot by Frank Soto in the 41st minute. Loco Team FC's Zhuang Xing Tian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Loco Team FC from getting a goal against them. The supporters of LinuX F.C. booed when Loco Team FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arthur Schopenhauer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zhuang Xing Tian stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Minor Godinez's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. In the 48th minute LinuX F.C. were awarded a corner. Elmer Lozano went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on LinuX F.C.'s corner Elmer Lozano fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Zhuang Xing Tian quite easily take care of the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. José Sand was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Loco Team FC's goal looked a bit too open when Minor Godinez came free, but Zhuang Xing Tian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernardo Arias didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edson-Arantes Pelé went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Bernardo Arias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Sand, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd match minute, LinuX F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicolas Morales to maneuver through the defense. LinuX F.C.'s Manrique Medina was substituted for Frank Soto. In the 77th minute, Berny Parra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Berny Parra kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. With a little luck, LinuX F.C.'s Bernardo Arias got control of the ball when Victor Stan tried to sneak it across the goal line. A well-hit corner resulted in Gavino Luar heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind LinuX F.C.'s goalkeeper Bernardo Arias, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 89th minute Loco Team FC were awarded a corner. Freddie Mercurio went to the cornerflag to take it. Victor Stan made a great header on Loco Team FC's corner, it was just that LinuX F.C.'s Bernardo Arias managed to reach the ball for a save. 92 minutes into the match, LinuX F.C.'s goalkeeper Bernardo Arias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eric Vandenberge. Zhuang Xing Tian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manrique Medina, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Zhuang Xing Tian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manrique Medina in the 96th minute of the match. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.