Friendly League

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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adrián Espadas kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Hernan Lano notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Stone City's Dragomir Marchovski. Dragomir Marchovski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adrián Espadas in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dragomir Marchovski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dragomir Marchovski came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Soroca F.C.'s Hernan Lano. But to his dismay, Hernan Lano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Mai Yi Xu hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. 13 minutes into the match, Stone City's goal looked a bit too open when Gustavo Tartalo came free, but Dragomir Marchovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pavel Balc might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dan Wennerqvist. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pavel Balc ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 20 minutes, Adrián Espadas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Soroca F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Adrián Espadas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dragomir Marchovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrián Espadas in the 22nd minute of the match. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Stone City's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gustavo Tartalo was slow to take the kick. During this time Soroca F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. Gustavo Tartalo made a great header on Soroca F.C.'s corner, it was just that Stone City's Dragomir Marchovski managed to reach the ball for a save. Dragomir Marchovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adrián Espadas in the 27th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adrián Espadas in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dragomir Marchovski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrián Espadas in the 32nd minute of play forced Stone City's goalkeeper Dragomir Marchovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 36th play minutes Adrián Espadas shot 0-3, a short shot which went by Dragomir Marchovski and just under the crossbar into goal. Dragomir Marchovski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adrián Espadas went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Dragomir Marchovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adrián Espadas in the 42nd minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pavel Balc to make the kick off. Amador Venceslao might have been able to make a better finish in the 50th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dragomir Marchovski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Amador Venceslao ran back to his position shaking his head. Adrián Espadas took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dragomir Marchovski. Dragomir Marchovski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Soroca F.C. made a substitution. Răzvan Necula replaced Adrián Espadas. In the 60th minute, Răzvan Necula got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 64 minutes into the game, Răzvan Necula cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Dragomir Marchovski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dragomir Marchovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Răzvan Necula in the 67th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Soroca F.C.'s Răzvan Necula sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dragomir Marchovski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 70th play minutes Răzvan Necula shot 0-8, a short shot which went by Dragomir Marchovski and just under the crossbar into goal. A collision led to Stone City getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Pavel Balc hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Răzvan Necula's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dragomir Marchovski was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Dragomir Marchovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Răzvan Necula in the 80th minute of play. Dragomir Marchovski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Godofredo Quilino in the 81st minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 82nd minute of the game. One of Stone City:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Soroca F.C.:s goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Răzvan Necula got free with Dragomir Marchovski in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Stone City fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Soroca F.C. were clearly better and deserved to take the win.