Friendly League

Staples center
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dorin Mereuță got the match started through his kick off. Sever Grigoroiu charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sever Grigoroiu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th match minute, Armada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sever Grigoroiu to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th minute, Victor Iordănescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 6th minute, Опълченците's Velin Ilev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Опълченците's goalkeeper Tzonyo Vúlchinov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kalin Púntov during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Kalin Púntov kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. When Cazimir Stoleru came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Armada 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 Cazimir Stoleru couldn't finish the play. Cazimir Stoleru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Tzonyo Vúlchinov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 21 minutes into the match, Cazimir Stoleru notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Опълченците's Tzonyo Vúlchinov. Tzonyo Vúlchinov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 28th minute, Velin Ilev fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Emil Tzanovski struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Sergiu Rădescu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Опълченците. Tzonyo Vúlchinov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cazimir Stoleru went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After 38 minutes, Mircea Todea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Armada and the Опълченците players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mircea Todea kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. In the 40th minute Emil Tzanovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergiu Rădescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tzonyo Vúlchinov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dorin Mereuță, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Опълченците defense, Cazimir Stoleru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tzonyo Vúlchinov. The Опълченците fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tzonyo Vúlchinov should have stopped the shot.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emil Tzanovski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, Adrian Kolikovski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Sergiu Rădescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tzonyo Vúlchinov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cazimir Stoleru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 57 minutes, Victor Iordănescu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Armada and the Опълченците players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 57 played minutes Armada got a freekick which was hit by Victor Iordănescu. Опълченците's Veliko Bikarski was substituted for Ivo Ketzkarov. Sergiu Rădescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Tzanovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th match minute, Опълченците was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Velin Ilev to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute, Krastyo Madzhurov 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. Tzonyo Vúlchinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dorin Mereuță in the 70th minute of play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Опълченците fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 73rd minute. Penalty! In the 74th minute there was a penalty for Armada. Nichifor Logofătu stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Tzonyo Vúlchinov. 2-4. Sergiu Rădescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stoyadin Halembakov in the 77th minute of the match. Armada's Sergiu Rădescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emil Tzanovski in the 80th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Cazimir Stoleru managed to get in a good position for a shot. Armada's supporters rose to their feet, but Cazimir Stoleru was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tzonyo Vúlchinov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Through an outstanding action, after 87 minutes, Tzonyo Vúlchinov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 88 played minutes Опълченците got a freekick which was hit by Krastyo Madzhurov. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Armada walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.