Friendly League

Estádio da Luz
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cederique Imbreghts took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nikifor Zakharov kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. After 13 minutes, Ruslan Fokin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fc Baltika and the Sport Lisboa e Benfica players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Fc Baltika's Ruslan Fokin got a free kick in the 14th minute. After 16 minutes, Ippolit Vostrikov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fc Baltika and the Sport Lisboa e Benfica players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 16th minute, Ippolit Vostrikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Cederique Imbreghts dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Vadim Suvorov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Birger Van De Wiele tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 21 minutes into the game, Fc Baltika's Arkadiy Teplitskiy nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Birger Van De Wiele made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 25th minute, Nikifor Zakharov 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. When Anton De Koster came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Sport Lisboa e Benfica 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 Anton De Koster couldn't finish the play. If Vadim Suvorov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vadim Suvorov in the 32nd minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Birger Van De Wiele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Fc Baltika fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 36th minute. Penalty! Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Birger Van De Wiele played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikifor Zakharov in the 43rd minute of play. Vadim Suvorov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

In the 51st minute Vadim Suvorov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Birger Van De Wiele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arkadiy Teplitskiy made a great header on Fc Baltika's corner, it was just that Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Birger Van De Wiele managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 54th match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Julius De Muysere to maneuver through the defense. Nikifor Zakharov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Birger Van De Wiele made a huge save. In the 57th minute of the match Fc Baltika got a corner. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Arkadiy Teplitskiy ran over to the corner to take the kick. Vadim Suvorov struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Birger Van De Wiele didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Fc Baltika. Fc Baltika's Vadim Suvorov managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Edwin Vercauteren in the 66 minute of the game. Vadim Suvorov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vladimir Korolev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wout Janssen in the 72nd minute of play. Fc Baltika's Nikifor Zakharov was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 73rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Birger Van De Wiele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vadim Suvorov in the 78th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Aleksandr Pugachev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Birger Van De Wiele was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Fc Baltika defense, Cederique Imbreghts kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vladimir Korolev. The Fc Baltika fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vladimir Korolev should have stopped the shot. Sport Lisboa e Benfica made a substitution. Stephen Gyselincx replaced Cederique Van Der Taelen. Nikifor Zakharov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Sport Lisboa e Benfica players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.