Friendly League

LENGIGASTADIUM
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) VB-Team's Joaquim de Barros started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Through an outstanding action, after 6 minutes, Armindo Salgado successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Virgilio Quinto succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 6th playminute. Göksel Koral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquim de Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th minute, Joaquim de Barros left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VB-Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Nikita Bondarenko was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 15 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, one of WWW LENINGRAD:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for WWW LENINGRAD. WWW LENINGRAD:s Göksel Koral showed great skill when he stopped Luís Caeiro:s penalty. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joaquim de Barros in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Göksel Koral saved WWW LENINGRAD from getting behind. Joaquim de Barros's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Göksel Koral read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 19th minute of play. Joaquim de Barros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joaquim de Barros in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Göksel Koral prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 25thth minute of the game Joaquim de Barros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but WWW LENINGRAD's Göksel Koral was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Göksel Koral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gervásio Severiano in the 27th minute of the match. After 28 minutes WWW LENINGRAD's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Álvaro Rezende who took care of the corner kick. 31 minutes into the match, VB-Team's Joaquim de Barros sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Göksel Koral narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 32ndth minute of the game Joaquim de Barros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but WWW LENINGRAD's Göksel Koral was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stanislav Karpov during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 36th minute, Stanislav Karpov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. WWW LENINGRAD's Jannes Van Gijsel was substituted for Velimir Ignatov. The supporters of VB-Team booed when WWW LENINGRAD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stanislav Karpov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joaquim de Barros in the 41st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Göksel Koral prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Shao Kun Yuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. WWW LENINGRAD made a substitution. Andrey Bubnov replaced Buba Kastorskiy. 44 minutes into the match, WWW LENINGRAD's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim de Barros came free, but Göksel Koral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 46 minutes had been played when some careless play by WWW LENINGRAD's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Álvaro Rezende was slow to take the kick. During this time VB-Team's players had a chance to rest. Göksel Koral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gervásio Severiano, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vadim Brondukov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrey Bubnov in the 55th minute of play forced VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, WWW LENINGRAD's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim de Barros came free, but Göksel Koral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. WWW LENINGRAD's Rudolf Budraitis was substituted for Vadim Brondukov. Göksel Koral stood somewhat misplaced when Joaquim de Barros came free in front of goal and shot 1-3 to the left of him in the 63 minute. With his leg Göksel Koral managed to avoid a goal in the 68thth minute, when VB-Team's Joaquim de Barros fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 71 minutes into the match, WWW LENINGRAD's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim de Barros came free, but Göksel Koral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, WWW LENINGRAD's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim de Barros came free, but Göksel Koral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Mattias Jonasson in the 74th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by WWW LENINGRAD's Jannes Van Gijsel. VB-Team were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after WWW LENINGRAD's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Traian Hăvârneanu took the corner. In the 81st match minute, WWW LENINGRAD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saveliy Aguzarov to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Traian Hăvârneanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Göksel Koral was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, WWW LENINGRAD's Andrey Bubnov got a free kick in the 88th minute. After 90 minutes WWW LENINGRAD's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Traian Hăvârneanu who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of WWW LENINGRAD's goalie and right to Qiu Sheng Bang. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. WWW LENINGRAD's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 94th minute, Stanislav Karpov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Armindo Salgado was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. VB-Team played a much better game than WWW LENINGRAD and deserved their victory. The WWW LENINGRAD players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.