Friendly League

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The supporters of C. A. Pipon Pipon booed when El Canalla de Chicago was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matthew Medrano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wilbur Hyde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francesco Figueroa, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. A collision led to El Canalla de Chicago getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Claude Mueller hit a great ball. Wilbur Hyde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicky Bryson in the 25th minute of the match. El Canalla de Chicago were awarded a corner in the 29th minute after C. A. Pipon Pipon's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Claude Mueller took the corner. The corner ended in Claude Mueller almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but C. A. Pipon Pipon's Jannes Ruttens did a great save. 30 minutes into the match, C. A. Pipon Pipon's goalkeeper Jannes Ruttens had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Domingo Lopez. Wilbur Hyde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cesario Irazu, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. After 40 played minutes, C. A. Pipon Pipon's Mosa Alla shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Wilbur Hyde came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in C. A. Pipon Pipon reached it. 41 minutes into the match, El Canalla de Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Cesario Irazu came free, but Wilbur Hyde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Tom Adams managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Canalla de Chicago's supporters rose to their feet, but Tom Adams was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jannes Ruttens breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nicky Bryson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. El Canalla de Chicago's Wilbur Hyde proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 50th minute of the match, managed to save El Canalla de Chicago from getting a goal against them. In the 51st minute, Cesario Irazu made a precise shot to the right of Wilbur Hyde. El Canalla de Chicago's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 57 minutes into the match, Domingo Lopez notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of C. A. Pipon Pipon's Jannes Ruttens. Jannes Ruttens was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Malcolm McIntosh was substituted for Francesco Figueroa. A collision led to El Canalla de Chicago getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Wilfred Noel hit a great ball. Jose José received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Wilbur Hyde tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. El Canalla de Chicago's Justin Raines was substituted for Tom Adams. Nicky Bryson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Wilbur Hyde firmly grabbed it by the left post. The supporters of El Canalla de Chicago booed when C. A. Pipon Pipon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicky Bryson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jannes Ruttens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lamar Gallo, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. 84 minutes into the match, C. A. Pipon Pipon's goal looked a bit too open when Claude Mueller came free, but Jannes Ruttens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute, Justin Raines left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Canalla de Chicago fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. In the 94th minute Cesario Irazu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilbur Hyde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The C. A. Pipon Pipon players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented El Canalla de Chicago from taking control. The game ends in a draw.