Friendly League

Roberto Baggio IDOLO
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Velester Football Club's Dumitru Velicu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The audience was convinced that Pompiliu Ciutacu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ferdinando Scarinci was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Pietro Romeo's late challenge caught a Copetonas AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pietro Romeo helped the player get up and apologised. Ferdinando Scarinci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pompiliu Ciutacu in the 14th minute of play. Velester Football Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emanuel Gliga in the 19th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Copetonas AFC's goalie and right to Betão Camargo. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Copetonas AFC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Marcelo Cordairo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yin Zhi Wei in the 23rd minute of the match. With a little luck, Copetonas AFC's Marcelo Cordairo got control of the ball when Dumitru Velicu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Casper Fasting made in the 32nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Velester Football Club's Arkadiusz Piglowski. In the 37th minute of the match Velester Football Club got a corner. Copetonas AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Emanuel Gliga ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 37 minutes, Betão Camargo made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Copetonas AFC's Marcelo Cordairo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Velester Football Club booed when Copetonas AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Breno da Mata didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Copetonas AFC's Marcelo Cordairo got control of the ball when Dumitru Velicu tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Breno da Mata in the 43rd minute of play forced Velester Football Club's goalkeeper Ferdinando Scarinci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo Cordairo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pietro Romeo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Breno da Mata stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Velester Football Club's Arkadiusz Piglowski quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Casper Fasting, made in the 55th minute of the game. Pietro Romeo kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. A collision led to Velester Football Club getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Pietro Romeo hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Velester Football Club's Dennis Rullo got a free kick in the 74th minute. Copetonas AFC made a substitution. Arko Thomaschewski replaced Breno da Mata. 77 minutes into the match, Velester Football Club's Dumitru Velicu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcelo Cordairo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Copetonas AFC's Marcelo Cordairo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dennis Rullo in the 78th minute of play. Copetonas AFC's Marcelo Cordairo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Mantini in the 86th minute of play. After having played for 92 minutes, Dennis Rullo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Velester Football Club's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dennis Rullo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Copetonas AFC's Epifanio Canor got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Copetonas AFC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.