Friendly League

Juresti
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Victor Gugulanu took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sorin Albulescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stergios Samartzis having to interfere. In the 7thth minute of the game Lambros Karpodinis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but bullfinches's Ionică Mihaiu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nae Morar hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. 9 minutes into the game, Sokratis Kagiasis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Ionică Mihaiu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Victor Gugulanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Stergios Samartzis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Sorin Albulescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 22 minutes into the match, Kolopetinitsa's goalkeeper Stergios Samartzis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Victor Gugulanu. After 26th play minutes Sorin Albulescu shot 1-1, a short shot which went by Stergios Samartzis and just under the crossbar into goal. After a rather tough play, Kolopetinitsa's Iakovos Ksiros got a free kick in the 29th minute. Sorin Albulescu struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Stergios Samartzis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for bullfinches. A collision led to Kolopetinitsa getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Alkis Athanasiou hit a great ball. Stergios Samartzis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor Gugulanu in the 32nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sorin Albulescu in the 34th minute of play forced Kolopetinitsa's goalkeeper Stergios Samartzis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Victor Gugulanu got free with Stergios Samartzis in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 38th minute, Victor Gugulanu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Victor Gugulanu 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 score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dionysis Salaggoudis was the one to do the kick off. Sorin Albulescu 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. If Sorin Albulescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Dionysis Salaggoudis came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Kolopetinitsa fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Dionysis Salaggoudis couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Victor Gugulanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. bullfinches's supporters rose to their feet, but Victor Gugulanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stergios Samartzis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kolopetinitsa's Stergios Samartzis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sorin Albulescu in the 66th minute of play. If Sorin Albulescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Kolopetinitsa's Dimitris Kazantzakos got a free kick in the 72nd minute. In the 74th minute Sorin Albulescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stergios Samartzis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stergios Samartzis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sorin Albulescu in the 76th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in bullfinches's zone, Lambros Karpodinis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ionică Mihaiu came out of the goal and Lambros Karpodinis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, bullfinches's Iacob Stroici got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 80th match minute, bullfinches was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ferdinand Luca to maneuver through the defense. Stergios Samartzis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Gugulanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dionysis Salaggoudis charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dionysis Salaggoudis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 91st match minute, Kolopetinitsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dionysis Salaggoudis to maneuver through the defense. Kolopetinitsa succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though bullfinches had controlled the match.