Friendly League

Pokulleva
Spectators: 48 (Terracing: 37, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Paulo Seco started the match with the kick off. Valdis Felbergs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Levent Erkinay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 6 minutes into the match, Jakub Swierczok notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Flatline Zombies's Armağan Mukremin. Armağan Mukremin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Valdis Felbergs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Levent Erkinay, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo Seco in the 12th minute of play forced Black horses's goalkeeper Valdis Felbergs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 17th minute Black horses were awarded a corner. Toma Chinkov went to the cornerflag to take it. Cipriano Sauveur could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Armağan Mukremin made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leon Kalb in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Valdis Felbergs prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 25th minute Cipriano Sauveur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armağan Mukremin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Armağan Mukremin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jakub Swierczok, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Flatline Zombies's goalkeeper Armağan Mukremin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Cipriano Sauveur's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armağan Mukremin was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. If Cipriano Sauveur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 42 minutes into the match, Flatline Zombies's goalkeeper Armağan Mukremin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cipriano Sauveur. Georg Gustavsson scored 1-1 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valdis Felbergs, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Armağan Mukremin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cipriano Sauveur in the 46th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Flatline Zombies's Liborius Müller was substituted for Georg Gustavsson. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cipriano Sauveur stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Paulo Seco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 55 minutes into the match, Black horses's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Seco came free, but Valdis Felbergs reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 59th minute Paulo Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdis Felbergs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Black horses's Valdis Felbergs proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Black horses from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cipriano Sauveur in the 63rd minute of play forced Flatline Zombies's goalkeeper Armağan Mukremin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Black horses booed when Flatline Zombies was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Kalb didn't get a good kick on the ball. Black horses's Kristiāns Princāns was substituted for Andžs Redzobs. Leon Kalb hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. With an all-out effort, Flatline Zombies's Valdis Felbergs threw himself towards the right post 71 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Paulo Seco, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Valdis Felbergs made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Paulo Seco sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Flatline Zombies's zone, Cipriano Sauveur stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Armağan Mukremin came out of the goal and Cipriano Sauveur tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Xie Chuan Guang made in the 85th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Axel Della Rossa. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Paulo Seco took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Valdis Felbergs to make any attempt to save it. Valdis Felbergs made an important save on a dangerous shot by Liborius Müller in the 94th minute. In the 96th minute, Cipriano Sauveur left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Black horses fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2.