Friendly League

SimuV3 Arena Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Danny Boy kicked off to start the match. Samurai's Jens-Ove Blomqvist quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Leandro Godoy, made in the 12th minute of the game. In the 14th minute Maxim Tsigalko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Altay Ulgu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Altay Ulgu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maxim Tsigalko's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. SimuV3's Altay Ulgu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timmy Henriksson in the 21st minute of play. After some careless play in the Samurai defense, Raul Lips kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vince Di Cola. The Samurai fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vince Di Cola should have stopped the shot. After 27 minutes of play, Samurai's Maxim Tsigalko made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Altay Ulgu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Altay Ulgu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maxim Tsigalko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th minute Maxim Tsigalko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Altay Ulgu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, SimuV3's Leandro Godoy got a free kick in the 42nd minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

In the 54th minute of the game Lucas Perez made a throw-in which Karlo Orbiz played forward. Jens-Ove Blomqvist recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Altay Ulgu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allan Bivall, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Samurai's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Allan Bivall in the 64th minute. A nice corner shot did that Cafu Dolar got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Altay Ulgu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Samurai's attentive Rutger Vallander managed to snatch the ball when Lucas Perez made a throw-in in the 66th minute of the game. If Jens-Ove Blomqvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. SimuV3's Altay Ulgu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save SimuV3 from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Wu Qi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Altay Ulgu was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. After taking down the ball on Samurai's corner Allan Bivall fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Altay Ulgu quite easily take care of the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 80 minutes, Altay Ulgu successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 83 minutes into the match, Samurai's goal looked a bit too open when Liu Kun Zhan came free, but Vince Di Cola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 87th minute Wu Qi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Altay Ulgu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. SimuV3's Altay Ulgu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save SimuV3 from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wu Qi in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Altay Ulgu saved SimuV3 from getting behind. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.