Friendly League

Luso stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joaquim Teves got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Leal Castilho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. D.P.Aarburg's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ZEZOM TEAM the free kick. The supporters of ZEZOM TEAM booed when D.P.Aarburg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leal Castilho didn't get a good kick on the ball. 7 minutes into the game, one of ZEZOM TEAM:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Nicu Ilieș shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 12th match minute, D.P.Aarburg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angélico Palma to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavier Sabrosa in the 13th minute of play forced D.P.Aarburg's goalkeeper Valentin Bujor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ZEZOM TEAM's Enzo Morais proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save ZEZOM TEAM from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Teves in the 16th minute of play forced D.P.Aarburg's goalkeeper Valentin Bujor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute of the match, David Peralta tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Enzo Morais saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Valentin Bujor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xavier Sabrosa in the 20th minute of play. Michal Budzyn made in the 27th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by D.P.Aarburg's Raimundo Andrade. Leal Castilho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enzo Morais having to interfere. Joaquim Teves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Valentin Bujor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leal Castilho kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. In the 34th minute ZEZOM TEAM were awarded a corner. Xavier Sabrosa went to the cornerflag to take it. ZEZOM TEAM's Xavier Sabrosa was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Valentin Bujor in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 36 minutes into the match, D.P.Aarburg's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim Teves came free, but Valentin Bujor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute, Joaquim Teves made a precise shot to the right of Valentin Bujor. D.P.Aarburg's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Joaquim Teves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valentin Bujor was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. The throw-in from Michal Budzyn in the 44th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by D.P.Aarburg's Raimundo Andrade. Cosme Fulanito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cosme Fulanito in the 47th minute of play forced ZEZOM TEAM's goalkeeper Enzo Morais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and David Peralta made a kick off. Cosme Fulanito's late challenge caught a ZEZOM TEAM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cosme Fulanito helped the player get up and apologised. In the 51st match minute, D.P.Aarburg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cosme Fulanito to maneuver through the defense. Valentin Bujor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joaquim Teves in the 52nd minute. In the 52nd minute, Joaquim Teves reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Valentin Bujor. The goal made the score 0-2. 63 minutes into the match, D.P.Aarburg's goal looked a bit too open when Xavier Sabrosa came free, but Valentin Bujor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute, ZEZOM TEAM's Xavier Sabrosa dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. Enzo Morais showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Peralta, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. ZEZOM TEAM made a substitution. Nate Calas replaced Xavier Sabrosa. ZEZOM TEAM's José Vieira was substituted for Armando Mascarenhas. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by ZEZOM TEAM's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nicu Ilieș was slow to take the kick. During this time D.P.Aarburg's players had a chance to rest. D.P.Aarburg's Valentin Bujor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nate Calas in the 80th minute of play. In the 82nd match minute, D.P.Aarburg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Peralta to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd minute of the match, Joaquim Teves got a very nice opportunity to score, but Valentin Bujor was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Cosme Fulanito might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Enzo Morais. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cosme Fulanito ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 84th minute Cosme Fulanito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enzo Morais saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nate Calas in the 86th minute of play forced D.P.Aarburg's goalkeeper Valentin Bujor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valentin Bujor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nate Calas, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Valentin Bujor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nate Calas in the 90th minute of the match. Enzo Morais made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Peralta in the 93rd minute of play. ZEZOM TEAM played a much better game than D.P.Aarburg and deserved their victory. The D.P.Aarburg players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.