Friendly League

PunisherS Arena
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Codrin Ignat started the match with the kick off. A collision led to AFC PunisherS™ getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Eduard Ţopescu hit a great ball. Adam Galușcă charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adam Galușcă the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 5 played minutes AFC PunisherS™ got a freekick which was hit by Adam Galușcă. Lucian Crețulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liam de Almeida in the 7th minute of play. After 9 played minutes TSIGALKO got a freekick which was hit by He Xiao. Karl-Magnus Ekrot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Galușcă in the 13th minute of play. Lucian Crețulescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from He Xiao, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Teodor Zmărăndache was extremely unlucky when he, in the 17th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teodor Zmărăndache in the 18th minute of play forced TSIGALKO's goalkeeper Karl-Magnus Ekrot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by TSIGALKO's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Augustin Jivulescu was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC PunisherS™'s players had a chance to rest. Eduard Ţopescu got his second yellow card in the match during the 20th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After a rather tough play, AFC PunisherS™'s Eduard Ţopescu got a free kick in the 20th minute. If Teodor Zmărăndache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of AFC PunisherS™ booed when TSIGALKO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. He Xiao didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lucian Crețulescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from He Xiao, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 35 minutes into the match, AFC PunisherS™'s goal looked a bit too open when Ian Uggstedt came free, but Lucian Crețulescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lucian Crețulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liam de Almeida in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute, Teodor Zmărăndache fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Karl-Magnus Ekrot, passed just outside the right post. In the 43rd minute, Ian Uggstedt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lucian Crețulescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Codrin Ignat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Karl-Magnus Ekrot tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kristian Ekelund made a kick off. Codrin Ignat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Magnus Ekrot having to interfere. In the 63rd minute Codrin Ignat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Magnus Ekrot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Karl-Magnus Ekrot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Codrin Ignat, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Codrin Ignat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. AFC PunisherS™'s Lucian Crețulescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save AFC PunisherS™ from getting a goal against them. 80 minutes into the match, Liam de Almeida had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucian Crețulescu. AFC PunisherS™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Liam de Almeida was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 90th minute, He Xiao hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. TSIGALKO's Karl-Magnus Ekrot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teodor Zmărăndache in the 91st minute of play. Teodor Zmărăndache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Magnus Ekrot having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched TSIGALKO eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.