Friendly League

ALEXANDRIA ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marin Dică kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marin Dică in the 4th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th minute, José Sand ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Panait Frânculescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 14 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Marin Dică came free, but Nilson Peres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Panait Frânculescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Sand went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 26th minute, José Sand left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ITAFUT 4EVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Panait Frânculescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Sand in the 30th minute of play. Aras Görkem Korcan hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 34th minute José Sand shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panait Frânculescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 34 minutes of play, ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Panait Frânculescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling José Sand in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Panait Frânculescu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 40th match minute, ITAFUT 4EVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jean-Paul Møffelmand to maneuver through the defense. Nilson Peres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marin Dică, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Panait Frânculescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Sand went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell José Sand to make the kick off. ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 62nd minute, Alexandria Team08's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after José Sand fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Alexandria Team08's Péter Bánhegyi was substituted for Marin Dică. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Boguslaw Tarasek replaced João Vítor Porto. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Sidney Bertassi replaced Evelio Rico. Aras Görkem Korcan made in the 69th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ITAFUT 4EVER's Sebastião Henriques. With a little luck, Alexandria Team08's Panait Frânculescu got control of the ball when Jardel Baggio tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match clock showed 71 minutes, the score became 0-6 when Jardel Baggio sped through Alexandria Team08's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Panait Frânculescu. In the 82nd minute Zhou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilson Peres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by ITAFUT 4EVER's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Albano Sergi was slow to take the kick. During this time Alexandria Team08's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhou in the 86th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 91 minutes into the match, Alexandria Team08's goalkeeper Panait Frânculescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sidney Bertassi. In the 95th minute, Jordan Henderson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The ITAFUT 4EVER supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ITAFUT 4EVER would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.