Friendly League

TEATRO DE LOS SUEÑOS
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Federico Mauro made the kick off which started today's match. Raymond Halseth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 3rd minute of the match. Raymond Halseth stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Piţurcă's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. The corner ended in Jaime Carioca almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but POPODARA F.C's Raymond Halseth did a great save. In the 9th minute, Victor Piţurcă ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Raymond Halseth was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Victor Piţurcă scored 0-2 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Raymond Halseth, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Emerald's Ioan Logofătu managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Morten Ekeland in the 23 minute of the game. Victor Piţurcă might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th 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 26th 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. Ferdinand Condrea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raymond Halseth having to interfere. Victor Piţurcă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Raymond Halseth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 34th minute of play. 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 35th minute of the game. Raymond Halseth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 39th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Morten Ekeland in the 43rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Emerald's Valeriu Râmniceanu. In the 45th minute, Victor Piţurcă ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Raymond Halseth was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4.

Raymond Halseth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferdinand Condrea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind POPODARA F.C's goalkeeper Raymond Halseth, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Victor Piţurcă could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Raymond Halseth made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 70th minute of play forced POPODARA F.C's goalkeeper Raymond Halseth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Victor Piţurcă notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of POPODARA F.C's Raymond Halseth. Raymond Halseth was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ferdinand Condrea hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 79th minute, Ferdinand Condrea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Raymond Halseth was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. 86 minutes into the match, Victor Piţurcă dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Raymond Halseth, 0-8. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Federico Mauro during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Emerald booed when POPODARA F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Federico Mauro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Victor Piţurcă who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 98thth minute tested the skills of Raymond Halseth when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The POPODARA F.C supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Emerald's performance. The match ended with a win for Emerald.