Friendly League

Soldiers Field
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Iwo Tamulewicz made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 played minutes Ares FC -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Reynaldo Remir. After a defensive mix-up in Dacians Academy's zone, Baal Ares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stelian Butuc came out of the goal and Baal Ares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. He Peng Ming hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Baal Ares got free with Stelian Butuc in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 11thth minute of the game Xavi Popescu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ares FC -MM-'s Luca Jivulescu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ares FC -MM-'s Baal Ares got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Baal Ares who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 20thth minute tested the skills of Stelian Butuc when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 26th minute, one of Dacians Academy:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Dacians Academy. The goalkeeper, Stelian Butuc, was totally fooled by Ares FC -MM-'s Mao Bin Ao, who 27 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Stelian Butuc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baal Ares in the 31st minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Iwo Tamulewicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luca Jivulescu. Ares FC -MM-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Iwo Tamulewicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Luca Jivulescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iwo Tamulewicz's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. The audience was convinced that Iwo Tamulewicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luca Jivulescu was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. In the 48th minute, Ares FC -MM-'s Viktor Eklund dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Baal Ares was the one to do the kick off. Dacians Academy's Remus Armeanca quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Pete Wray, made in the 54th minute of the game. Ares FC -MM-'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Karadeniz Otay in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baal Ares in the 57th minute of play forced Dacians Academy's goalkeeper Stelian Butuc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Dacians Academy's Fermin Prejun got a free kick in the 64th minute. Dacians Academy's Stelian Butuc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karadeniz Otay in the 70th minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Baal Ares left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ares FC -MM- fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Ares FC -MM-'s Alin Brumaru was substituted for Viktor Eklund. A throw-in in the 77th minute of the game was made by Fermin Prejun with Iwo Tamulewicz as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Luca Jivulescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iwo Tamulewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Iwo Tamulewicz who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 81stth minute tested the skills of Luca Jivulescu when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 86 minutes into the match, Baal Ares notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Dacians Academy's Stelian Butuc. Stelian Butuc was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 90 minutes into the match, Dacians Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Baal Ares came free, but Stelian Butuc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Dacians Academy's Iwo Tamulewicz got a free kick in the 90th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baal Ares in the 91st minute of play forced Dacians Academy's goalkeeper Stelian Butuc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fermin Prejun made in the 97th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Ares FC -MM-'s Lucrețiu Cuculeanu. Ares FC -MM- were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Dacians Academy for a fine match.