Prized/Friendly Cup

THE RED MACHINE
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when James Batistuta got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dumitru Purcărete in the 6th minute of play forced Palermo's goalkeeper Alfredo Joey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute James Batistuta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Joey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when King Scorpio came free, but Alfredo Joey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alfredo Joey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alessandro Del Piero, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Alfredo Joey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from James Batistuta in the 13th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Iulian Berceanu came free, but Alfredo Joey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A4p FC Gad's Glenn Fyfe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save A4p FC Gad from getting a goal against them. In the 18th minute Dumitru Purcărete shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Joey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A4p FC Gad's Glenn Fyfe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save A4p FC Gad from getting a goal against them. Alfredo Joey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from James Batistuta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alfredo Joey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dumitru Purcărete, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute, James Batistuta left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A4p FC Gad fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Alfredo Joey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from King Scorpio in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by James Batistuta in the 33rd minute of play forced Palermo's goalkeeper Alfredo Joey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, James Batistuta notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Palermo's Alfredo Joey. Alfredo Joey was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alfredo Joey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iulian Berceanu in the 49th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Santiago Mino to make the kick off. The supporters of Palermo booed when A4p FC Gad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcin Pachucki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Glenn Fyfe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelino Chaime, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dumitru Purcărete got free with Alfredo Joey in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. James Batistuta's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 60thth minute, Alfredo Joey skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With his leg Alfredo Joey managed to avoid a goal in the 60thth minute, when A4p FC Gad's James Batistuta fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by King Scorpio in the 61st minute of play forced Palermo's goalkeeper Alfredo Joey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfredo Joey didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when A4p FC Gad's King Scorpio shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. After 63 played minutes Palermo got a freekick which was hit by Maximino Gonzalez. A4p FC Gad's Anfilogino Manzi was substituted for Erasmo Damião. In the 65th match minute, Palermo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maximino Gonzalez to maneuver through the defense. Alfredo Joey was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Flavius Cândroveanu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-4 in the 66 minute of play. In the 77th minute, A4p FC Gad's Dumitru Purcărete dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. 79 minutes into the match, Flavius Cândroveanu notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Palermo's Alfredo Joey. Alfredo Joey was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 83 minutes into the game, Dumitru Purcărete recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alfredo Joey. Dumitru Purcărete showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-7. In the 87th match minute, A4p FC Gad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcin Pachucki to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gică Busuioc in the 89th minute of play forced Palermo's goalkeeper Alfredo Joey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Palermo's Alfredo Joey got control of the ball when Flavius Cândroveanu tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the Palermo defense, Dumitru Purcărete kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alfredo Joey. The Palermo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alfredo Joey should have stopped the shot. Alfredo Joey came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by A4p FC Gad's Gică Busuioc. But to his dismay, Gică Busuioc quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-9. Alfredo Joey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from King Scorpio in the 97th minute of the match. The Palermo supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching A4p FC Gad's performance. The match ended with a win for A4p FC Gad.