Friendly League

Kandsνkon Stadium
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nikolas Karkamanis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabian Ciociu in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute Mădălin Barbonța shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikolas Karkamanis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 7th minute Mădălin Barbonța shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikolas Karkamanis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 8 minutes, Thanasis Vamvoukas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atletico de Madrid and the AFC PunisherS™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Atletico de Madrid getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Thanasis Vamvoukas hit a great ball. Mădălin Barbonța received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Nikolas Karkamanis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Constantin Uncu kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Panos Spyroulis, 16 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 19th minute, Isac Frunză made a precise shot to the right of Nikolas Karkamanis. Atletico de Madrid's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Atletico de Madrid's Nikolas Karkamanis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isac Frunză in the 23rd minute of play. The supporters of Atletico de Madrid booed when AFC PunisherS™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mihnea Costea didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Iakovos Papafotopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Atletico de Madrid 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 Iakovos Papafotopoulos couldn't finish the play. If Mădălin Barbonța had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to AFC PunisherS™ getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Olimpiu Iacobeanu hit a great ball. 37 minutes into the match, Mădălin Barbonța had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikolas Karkamanis. Atletico de Madrid's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mădălin Barbonța was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After 42 minutes, Nae Malcoci mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AFC PunisherS™ and the Atletico de Madrid players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 42nd match minute, AFC PunisherS™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nae Malcoci to maneuver through the defense.

The audience was convinced that Isac Frunză's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikolas Karkamanis was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sever Ţurcaş in the 59th minute of play forced Atletico de Madrid's goalkeeper Nikolas Karkamanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dimosthenis Stamatopoulos hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. The long shot by Florin Hrandabur in the 61st minute really tested Nikolas Karkamanis's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Isac Frunză could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Nikolas Karkamanis made a huge save. The supporters of AFC PunisherS™ booed when Atletico de Madrid was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marios Kailas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Atletico de Madrid defense, Fabian Ciociu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikolas Karkamanis. The Atletico de Madrid fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikolas Karkamanis should have stopped the shot. When the match clock showed 76 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Isac Frunză sped through Atletico de Madrid's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nikolas Karkamanis. A collision led to AFC PunisherS™ getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Mădălin Barbonța hit a great ball. After 89 minutes of play, AFC PunisherS™'s Isac Frunză made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikolas Karkamanis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fabian Ciociu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikolas Karkamanis having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Atletico de Madrid's Nikos Papapanagiotou got a free kick in the 95th minute. 96 minutes into the match, AFC PunisherS™'s Mihnea Costea broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The Atletico de Madrid fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. AFC PunisherS™ were clearly better and deserved to take the win.