Friendly League

Alberto J. Armando
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tabula Rāsa's Kevin Ööpik 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. Alvaro Cordarrol's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kaspar Vilu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 2nd minute of play. 2 minutes into the match, Alvaro Cordarrol notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Tabula Rāsa's Kaspar Vilu. Kaspar Vilu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Voldemar Sõõrumaa's late challenge caught a Vamo A Calmarno's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Voldemar Sõõrumaa helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Tabula Rāsa's Voldemar Sõõrumaa got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 10th minute, Vamo A Calmarno's Justino Rainerio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. 14 minutes into the match, Justino Rainerio notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Tabula Rāsa's Kaspar Vilu. Kaspar Vilu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tabula Rāsa's defense didn't have a chance, in the 24th minute, when Justino Rainerio scored to the left of an out of position Kaspar Vilu, making the score, 5-0. Kaspar Vilu made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Justino Rainerio sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvaro Cordarrol in the 30th minute of play forced Tabula Rāsa's goalkeeper Kaspar Vilu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Vamo A Calmarno booed when Tabula Rāsa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tõnn Käbin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 33 played minutes Tabula Rāsa got a freekick which was hit by Tõnn Käbin. Alvaro Cordarrol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kaspar Vilu having to interfere. Vamo A Calmarno's Bart Basson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kevin Ööpik in the 45th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 7-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Justino Rainerio to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Tabula Rāsa's zone, Lino Heli stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kaspar Vilu came out of the goal and Lino Heli tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vamo A Calmarno's defense didn't have a chance, in the 52nd minute, when Kevin Ööpik scored to the left of an out of position Bart Basson, making the score, 7-1. After a rather tough play, Tabula Rāsa's Neeme Kluge got a free kick in the 58th minute. Kaspar Vilu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Justino Rainerio in the 62nd minute of play. Kaspar Vilu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvaro Cordarrol in the 63rd minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Tabula Rāsa's goal looked a bit too open when Alvaro Cordarrol came free, but Kaspar Vilu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tabula Rāsa's Kaspar Vilu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Cordarrol in the 66th minute of play. In the 68th minute Alvaro Cordarrol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kaspar Vilu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bart Basson made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Voldemar Sõõrumaa sent off a good shot on target. 75 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vamo A Calmarno's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Neeme Kluge was slow to take the kick. During this time Tabula Rāsa's players had a chance to rest. After 79 played minutes Tabula Rāsa got a freekick which was hit by Ken Lind. Vamo A Calmarno's Marcial Chayo was substituted for Justino Rainerio. 84 minutes into the match, Marcial Chayo notched a goal, 8-1, to the right of Tabula Rāsa's Kaspar Vilu. Kaspar Vilu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match clock showed 89 minutes, the score became 9-1 when Marcial Chayo sped through Tabula Rāsa's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kaspar Vilu. When the referee ended the match the Vamo A Calmarno players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.