Friendly League

Stadium of Mercy
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, 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. Mădălin Barbonța started the match with the kick off. Ulf Öfverman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Costin Ignătoiu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. Ulf Öfverman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Costin Ignătoiu came out and tried to block the shot, but Ulf Öfverman slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 4th minute. Bengt-Rune Strömbom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Costin Ignătoiu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. AFC PunisherS™ made a substitution. Ciprian Groza replaced Fabian Ciociu. In the 17th minute, Ulf Öfverman 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. If Bengt-Rune Strömbom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 28 minutes into the match, Brothers of Mercy's Ulf Öfverman sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Costin Ignătoiu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Brothers of Mercy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Thiago van Dijk in the 29th minute. Thiago van Dijk made a great header on Brothers of Mercy's corner, it was just that AFC PunisherS™'s Costin Ignătoiu managed to reach the ball for a save. AFC PunisherS™'s Costin Ignătoiu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ulf Öfverman in the 31st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bengt-Rune Strömbom got free with Costin Ignătoiu in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 38thth minute of the game Ulf Öfverman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AFC PunisherS™'s Costin Ignătoiu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bengt-Rune Strömbom got free with Costin Ignătoiu in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 41 minutes into the game, Ulf Öfverman lined in a short shot 4-0 behind a frustrated Costin Ignătoiu. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Bengt-Rune Strömbom managed to get in a good position for a shot. Brothers of Mercy's supporters rose to their feet, but Bengt-Rune Strömbom was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Costin Ignătoiu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 46th minute, Mats Elg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

52 minutes into the game, Brothers of Mercy's Ulf Öfverman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Costin Ignătoiu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. The audience was convinced that Ulf Öfverman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Costin Ignătoiu was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. After 59 minutes of play, Brothers of Mercy's Bengt-Rune Strömbom made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Costin Ignătoiu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Costin Ignătoiu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bengt-Rune Strömbom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Costin Ignătoiu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bengt-Rune Strömbom in the 64th minute of play. Brothers of Mercy made a substitution. Erramu Chute replaced Bengt-Rune Strömbom. Brothers of Mercy were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after AFC PunisherS™'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Thiago van Dijk took the corner. Brothers of Mercy's Thiago van Dijk was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Costin Ignătoiu in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Costin Ignătoiu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erramu Chute, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. The audience was convinced that Ulf Öfverman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Costin Ignătoiu was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. AFC PunisherS™'s Costin Ignătoiu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ulf Öfverman in the 77th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erramu Chute in the 79th minute of play forced AFC PunisherS™'s goalkeeper Costin Ignătoiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexandre Pires made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Isac Frunză sent off a good shot on target. 83 minutes into the match, Ulf Öfverman notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of AFC PunisherS™'s Costin Ignătoiu. Costin Ignătoiu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 85th match minute, Brothers of Mercy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulf Öfverman to maneuver through the defense. 87 minutes into the match, AFC PunisherS™'s goal looked a bit too open when Ulf Öfverman came free, but Costin Ignătoiu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Brothers of Mercy's attentive Dan Björk managed to snatch the ball when Florin Hrandabur made a throw-in in the 89th minute of the game. Costin Ignătoiu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ulf Öfverman went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in AFC PunisherS™'s zone, Erramu Chute stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Costin Ignătoiu came out of the goal and Erramu Chute tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Brothers of Mercy had played much better football throughout.