Friendly League

SSC NAPOLI
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Victor Piţurcă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Emerald's Hurşit Cemşit quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Mick Boulding, made in the 11th minute of the game. Dino Zoff stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Piţurcă's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ssc Napoli's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Julio Iglesias was slow to take the kick. During this time Emerald's players had a chance to rest. Emerald's Hurşit Cemşit quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Mick Boulding, made in the 20th minute of the game. Emerald's Niculae Negreanu got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Victor Piţurcă's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dino Zoff was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Harvey Frost during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Harvey Frost hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Dino Zoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julio Iglesias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Spike Wardell kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Gheorghe Craioveanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Emerald's supporters rose to their feet, but Gheorghe Craioveanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dino Zoff breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the Ssc Napoli defense, Victor Piţurcă kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dino Zoff. The Ssc Napoli fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dino Zoff should have stopped the shot. The Emerald fans' excitement grew in the 39th match minute when Emerald's Victor Piţurcă looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 43rd minute, Gheorghe Craioveanu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dino Zoff was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Victor Piţurcă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.

The wind increased when Frazer Waltham made the kick off in the second half. Emerald's attentive Hurşit Cemşit managed to snatch the ball when Mick Boulding made a throw-in in the 53rd minute of the game. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ssc Napoli's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Julio Iglesias was slow to take the kick. During this time Emerald's players had a chance to rest. Mick Boulding hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 62nd minute of play forced Ssc Napoli's goalkeeper Dino Zoff to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Emerald's Victor Piţurcă in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ssc Napoli's goalie prevented a goal. 66 minutes into the game, Victor Piţurcă cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Dino Zoff was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Victor Piţurcă blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dino Zoff having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 70th minute of play forced Ssc Napoli's goalkeeper Dino Zoff to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the game, Mick Boulding threw the ball into play from the sideline. Emerald's Hurşit Cemşit quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Ssc Napoli's Dino Zoff played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 77th minute of play. Mick Boulding made in the 78th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Emerald's Hurşit Cemşit. Victor Piţurcă might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dino Zoff. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Victor Piţurcă ran back to his position shaking his head. Dino Zoff made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 84th minute. Emerald's Victor Piţurcă got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Emerald fans' excitement grew in the 88th match minute when Emerald's Victor Piţurcă looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-6 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Dino Zoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Piţurcă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dino Zoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Piţurcă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bogdan Lobonț took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Des Bramble, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Emerald had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.