Friendly League

Queen Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Victor Piţurcă's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julius Vanneste was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Gheorghe Craioveanu in the 7thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Julius Vanneste, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Victor Piţurcă had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Julius Vanneste showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Julius Vanneste showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. After a rather tough play, Emerald's Xamo Zubiaur got a free kick in the 13th minute. 17 minutes in the game Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Douglas Debecker. Gheorghe Craioveanu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Julius Vanneste having to make a save. A throw-in in the 21st minute of the game was made by Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen with Yves Schollens as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen made in the 22nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Yves Schollens immediately put the ball in play. Emerald's Gabriel Mălaimare quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen, made in the 25th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Victor Piţurcă in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julius Vanneste saved Limburg United from getting behind. A sloppy throw-in by Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen in the 29th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Emerald's Gabriel Mălaimare. When Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Limburg United's protests and gave Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Limburg United's Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen got a free kick in the 31st minute. With an all-out effort, Emerald's Julius Vanneste threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Victor Piţurcă, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Victor Piţurcă might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julius Vanneste. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Victor Piţurcă ran back to his position shaking his head. Julius Vanneste showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Gheorghe Craioveanu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Julius Vanneste firmly grabbed it by the left post. Victor Piţurcă who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 39thth minute tested the skills of Julius Vanneste when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Julius Vanneste didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victor Piţurcă went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Victor Piţurcă kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Julius Vanneste. That made the score 2-0 in the 47 minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gheorghe Craioveanu made a kick off. After 53 played minutes Emerald got a freekick which was hit by Jaime Carioca. Bogdan Lobonț showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yves Schollens, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. The audience was convinced that Victor Piţurcă's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julius Vanneste was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 62nd minute of play forced Limburg United's goalkeeper Julius Vanneste to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 64th minute of play forced Limburg United's goalkeeper Julius Vanneste to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Gheorghe Craioveanu made a precise shot to the right of Julius Vanneste. Limburg United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen made in the 70th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Douglas Debecker immediately put the ball in play. The supporters of Limburg United booed when Emerald was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Mălaimare didn't get a good kick on the ball. Josef Van Huele's late challenge caught a Emerald's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Josef Van Huele helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Emerald booed when Limburg United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Josef Van Huele didn't get a good kick on the ball. Julius Vanneste stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Piţurcă's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. In the 77th minute of the match, Douglas Debecker tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Bogdan Lobonț saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After taking down the ball on Limburg United's corner Louis-Philippe Leyman fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Bogdan Lobonț quite easily take care of the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen in the 83rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Emerald's Matei Félix Júnior. Emerald's Gabriel Mălaimare quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen, made in the 85th minute of the game. In the 86thth minute of the game Victor Piţurcă who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Limburg United's Julius Vanneste was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Victor Piţurcă put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Julius Vanneste. If Victor Piţurcă had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 92 minutes into the match, Limburg United's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Piţurcă came free, but Julius Vanneste reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 97th minute of play forced Limburg United's goalkeeper Julius Vanneste to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There was no doubt that Emerald were the better team. Emerald's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.