Friendly League

Tserna-Reka-V55
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bruno Capello got the match started through his kick off. Jacinto Frasquito hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Agustín Rossi made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Olcay Bozkurt sent off a good shot on target. 10 minutes into the match, RO Army V55's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Santxol came free, but Alexandros Iordanidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bruno Capello might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alexandros Iordanidis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bruno Capello ran back to his position shaking his head. Alexandros Iordanidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Capello in the 12th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in RO Army V55's zone, Bruno Capello stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexandros Iordanidis came out of the goal and Bruno Capello tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nestoras Karabidakis made in the 25th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Demis Grigoriadis immediately put the ball in play. RO Army V55's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Demis Grigoriadis in the 28th minute. RO Army V55's Alexandros Iordanidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Capello in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st minute, Bruno Capello ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexandros Iordanidis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 35 minutes into the game, Los Trip's Bruno Capello nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alexandros Iordanidis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. When Vinícius Junior came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the RO Army V55 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Vinícius Junior couldn't finish the play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Olcay Bozkurt was the one to do the kick off. Olcay Bozkurt's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Agustín Rossi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. After 55 minutes Los Trip's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Demis Grigoriadis who took care of the corner kick. Agustín Rossi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olcay Bozkurt in the 59th minute of the match. After 61 minutes of play, RO Army V55's Olcay Bozkurt made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Agustín Rossi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Los Trip made a substitution. Arsenio Perutxo replaced Cipriano Castro. Arsenio Perutxos short, quick shot in the 71stth minute got Alexandros Iordanidis to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Agustín Rossi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Ugutz in the 73rd minute of play. In the 75th minute Vinícius Junior shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Agustín Rossi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alexandros Iordanidis made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Bruno Capello sent off a good shot on target. Alexandros Iordanidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wiliam Tepedino in the 84th minute of play. Agustín Rossi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinícius Junior, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Agustín Rossi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vinícius Junior, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, RO Army V55's Alexandros Iordanidis got control of the ball when Bruno Capello tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bruno Capello succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 95th playminute. Chants of Los Trip echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as RO Army V55 had held the ball for most of the match.