Friendly League

Blue Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cristinel Nicodim made the kick off which started today's match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Billy Sandström in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilie Crainic prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 10 minutes into the match, BlueLionesse's goal looked a bit too open when Billy Sandström came free, but Ilie Crainic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by BlueLionesse's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Herman Myhr was slow to take the kick. During this time BANDOLEIROS osasco's players had a chance to rest. Claudiu Mârza tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Ilie Crainic. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 12th minute. Billy Sandström recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ilie Crainic came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by BANDOLEIROS osasco's Billy Sandström. But to his dismay, Billy Sandström quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind BlueLionesse's goalkeeper Ilie Crainic, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by BlueLionesse's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Herman Myhr was slow to take the kick. During this time BANDOLEIROS osasco's players had a chance to rest. BANDOLEIROS osasco's Herman Myhr was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ilie Crainic in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Renan Fernandes hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Codrin Tâbârnă's late challenge caught a BANDOLEIROS osasco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Codrin Tâbârnă helped the player get up and apologised. In the 29th minute Billy Sandström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilie Crainic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Billy Sandström might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ilie Crainic. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Billy Sandström ran back to his position shaking his head. BlueLionesse's Ilie Crainic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Billy Sandström in the 31st minute of play. After 35 played minutes, BANDOLEIROS osasco's Herman Myhr shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ilie Crainic came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in BANDOLEIROS osasco reached it. If Billy Sandström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ilie Crainic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Billy Sandström, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristinel Nicodim in the 39th minute of play forced BANDOLEIROS osasco's goalkeeper Aloísio Vides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Billy Sandström in the 40th minute of play forced BlueLionesse's goalkeeper Ilie Crainic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aloísio Vides showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristinel Nicodim in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 44th match minute, BlueLionesse was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristinel Nicodim to maneuver through the defense. When Billy Sandström came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the BANDOLEIROS osasco 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 Billy Sandström couldn't finish the play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Billy Sandström was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 52 minutes, Billy Sandström managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BANDOLEIROS osasco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Billy Sandström was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristinel Nicodim in the 58th minute of play forced BANDOLEIROS osasco's goalkeeper Aloísio Vides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ilie Crainic made an important save on a dangerous shot by Billy Sandström in the 59th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Sergiu Cezar in the 70th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by BANDOLEIROS osasco's Benjamim Medeiros. Aloísio Vides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavian Isărescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, BANDOLEIROS osasco's Güralp Orkun got a free kick in the 74th minute. Fiz Denovo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Ilie Crainic made a huge save. In the 79th minute, Octavian Isărescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Fiz Denovo sped through BlueLionesse's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ilie Crainic. Ilie Crainic stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fiz Denovo's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. After 89 minutes BlueLionesse's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Herman Myhr who took care of the corner kick. Ilie Crainic made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Fiz Denovo sent off a good shot on target. 94 minutes into the match, BANDOLEIROS osasco's Fiz Denovo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ilie Crainic narrowly saved just below the crossbar.