Friendly League

GALLIA BELGICA
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Franco Ranieri made the kick off which started today's match. OLIVER ATHLETIC's Zelimir Girardelli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save OLIVER ATHLETIC from getting a goal against them. With his leg Zelimir Girardelli managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when Portus Ganda's Konrad Knopek fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zelimir Girardelli made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Konrad Knopek sent off a good shot on target. Zelimir Girardelli didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Portus Ganda's Konrad Knopek shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Knopek in the 15th minute of play forced OLIVER ATHLETIC's goalkeeper Zelimir Girardelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in OLIVER ATHLETIC's zone, Konrad Knopek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zelimir Girardelli came out of the goal and Konrad Knopek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in OLIVER ATHLETIC's zone, Konrad Knopek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zelimir Girardelli came out of the goal and Konrad Knopek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A sloppy throw-in by Robert Ionaș in the 28th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Portus Ganda's Ye Yang Ao. Portus Ganda's Tony Vanbuyten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stelian Vătavu in the 43rd minute of play. Zelimir Girardelli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konrad Knopek, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Wagner Mamakin hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Franco Ranieri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Konrad Knopek was the one to do the kick off. Konrad Knopek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zelimir Girardelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konrad Knopek in the 54th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Knopek in the 55th minute of play forced OLIVER ATHLETIC's goalkeeper Zelimir Girardelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zelimir Girardelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ye Yang Ao in the 61st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Stelian Vătavu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tony Vanbuyten. That made the score 2-1 in the 65 minute of play. Portus Ganda's Tony Vanbuyten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franco Ranieri in the 67th minute of play. Tony Vanbuyten made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Stelian Vătavu sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Portus Ganda's Tony Vanbuyten got control of the ball when Stelian Vătavu tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Konrad Knopek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zelimir Girardelli was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. In the 77th minute Konrad Knopek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zelimir Girardelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Portus Ganda's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jüri Djorkaeff in the 79th minute. Portus Ganda's Tony Vanbuyten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stelian Vătavu in the 81st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Konrad Knopek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zelimir Girardelli was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Tony Vanbuyten made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Jaroszewicz in the 85th minute. Zelimir Girardelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konrad Knopek in the 93rd minute of the match. Portus Ganda's attentive Ye Yang Ao managed to snatch the ball when Robert Ionaș made a throw-in in the 95th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Konrad Knopek in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zelimir Girardelli saved OLIVER ATHLETIC from getting behind. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Portus Ganda fans cheered their team off the field, for while OLIVER ATHLETIC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.