Friendly League

Butea
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stelios Kyriakiou started the match with the kick off. A throw-in in the 13th minute of the game was made by Dan Ciubuc with Paulino Trigueiro as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. When AFC FUSION's Lino Rios in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Eantdit FK's goalie prevented a goal. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Eantdit FK's goalkeeper Pang Yao, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 19 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's Lino Rios sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pang Yao narrowly saved just below the crossbar. AFC FUSION's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dawid Beckham in the 23rd minute. Pang Yao took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lino Rios, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Guido Txindoki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Pang Yao tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavel Pânzaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Lino Rios fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pang Yao having to interfere. After the first half AFC FUSION were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lino Rios made a kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Lino Rios kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pang Yao. That made the score 0-2 in the 51 minute of play. The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when Eantdit FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dan Ciubuc didn't get a good kick on the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Eantdit FK's goalkeeper Pang Yao had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lino Rios. When the match clock showed 60 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Lino Rios sped through Eantdit FK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pang Yao. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Eantdit FK's goalkeeper Pang Yao, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pang Yao made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Lino Rios sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as AFC FUSION's Lino Rios slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pang Yao. That made the score 0-4 after 68 minutes of play. Eantdit FK's Panait Gherase was substituted for Octavian Braica. After 73 played minutes Eantdit FK got a freekick which was hit by Moise Păvăloae. Christoff Stocks could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Pang Yao made a huge save. In the 80th minute Germano Bettencourt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pang Yao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute, Christoff Stocks ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pang Yao was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Germano Bettencourt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Pang Yao tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Moise Păvăloae made in the 89th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Paulino Trigueiro however managed to control. 95 minutes into the match, Paulino Trigueiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roberto Eztebe. AFC FUSION's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paulino Trigueiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. The AFC FUSION supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing AFC FUSION would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.