Friendly League

Jayden Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) José Carneiro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Ema City's José Carneiro in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SK Gullegem's goalie prevented a goal. In the 7th minute, Cezary Nalaskowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ema City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 14th minute, José Carneiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Urmas Känsäkangas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. When José Carneiro came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Ema City 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 José Carneiro couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in SK Gullegem's zone, José Carneiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Urmas Känsäkangas came out of the goal and José Carneiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, SK Gullegem's Nico Jamieson got a free kick in the 26th minute. Bartosz Trzenzalski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedicto Atarratze, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. With a little luck, Ema City's Bartosz Trzenzalski got control of the ball when Bram Jamieson tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 41st minute of the match, Hannes Jamieson got a very nice opportunity to score, but Bartosz Trzenzalski was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling José Carneiro in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Urmas Känsäkangas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. SK Gullegem's Urmas Känsäkangas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Carneiro in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hannes Jamieson to strike the kick off in the second half. SK Gullegem's Urmas Känsäkangas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save SK Gullegem from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Ema City's Cezary Nalaskowski got a free kick in the 58th minute. In the 60th match minute, Ema City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cezary Nalaskowski to maneuver through the defense. If José Carneiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. José Carneiro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Urmas Känsäkangas having to make a save. SK Gullegem's Urmas Känsäkangas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Carneiro in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind SK Gullegem's goalkeeper Urmas Känsäkangas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by SK Gullegem's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Selçuk Özgebay was slow to take the kick. During this time Ema City's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Selçuk Özgebay managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. José Carneiro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Urmas Känsäkangas came out and tried to block the shot, but José Carneiro slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 94th minute. The Ema City supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Ema City would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.