Friendly League

Queen Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gheorghe Craioveanu started the match with the kick off. POPODARA F.C's Raymond Halseth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 3rd minute of play. Ole-Kristian Martinsen kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 10th minute of play forced POPODARA F.C's goalkeeper Raymond Halseth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. POPODARA F.C's Raymond Halseth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 13th minute of play. Victor Piţurcă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Raymond Halseth 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 14th minute. Victor Piţurcăs short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Raymond Halseth to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 彭树邦 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mats Diallo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 23 minutes into the match, POPODARA F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Piţurcă came free, but Raymond Halseth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victor Piţurcă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Raymond Halseth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 27th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Victor Piţurcă cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Raymond Halseth was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Raymond Halseth 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 32nd minute. In the 34thth minute of the game Victor Piţurcă who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but POPODARA F.C's Raymond Halseth was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 37th minute, Victor Piţurcă fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Raymond Halseth, passed just outside the right post. The throw-in from Salam Sow in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Emerald's Hurşit Cemşit. After 40 minutes of play, Emerald's Victor Piţurcă made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raymond Halseth was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Victor Piţurcă put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Raymond Halseth. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Erik Raastad made the kick off in the second half. Raymond Halseth 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 51st minute. Raymond Halseth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 52nd minute of play. Raymond Halseth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 54th minute of the match. Victor Piţurcă might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Raymond Halseth. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Victor Piţurcă ran back to his position shaking his head. Victor Piţurcă might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Raymond Halseth. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Victor Piţurcă ran back to his position shaking his head. Raymond Halseth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Piţurcă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Victor Piţurcă had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mats Diallo kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. In the 71st minute Emerald were awarded a corner. Julio Iglesias went to the cornerflag to take it. If Mats Diallo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Victor Piţurcă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 75th minute of play forced POPODARA F.C's goalkeeper Raymond Halseth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raymond Halseth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 78th minute of the match. Raymond Halseth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 82nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mats Diallo got free with 彭树邦 in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gheorghe Craioveanu during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gheorghe Craioveanu kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. A collision led to Emerald getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Niculae Negreanu hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Victor Piţurcă's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raymond Halseth was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. The throw-in from Salam Sow in the 91st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Emerald's Hurşit Cemşit. For all the effort they put into the match, the POPODARA F.C players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Emerald.