Friendly League

Saliceto Panaro
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Arturo Zapolski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub in the 3rd minute of play forced Szombathely Squirrels's goalkeeper Arnold Szuper to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Delmiro Etxekopar got free with Arnold Szuper in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Zapolski in the 10th minute of play forced Szombathely Squirrels's goalkeeper Arnold Szuper to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Bolli Boll had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 13 minutes into the match, LEBEG Team's goal looked a bit too open when Tivadar Demeter came free, but Thiago Leiva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tivadar Demeter in the 13th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Thiago Leiva prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Szombathely Squirrels's Arnold Szuper played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bolli Boll in the 15th minute of play. Thiago Leiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lei Jian Xiong in the 16th minute of the match. Szombathely Squirrels's Arnold Szuper proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Szombathely Squirrels from getting a goal against them. Arnold Szuper showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arturo Zapolski in the 19th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Szombathely Squirrels's goalkeeper Arnold Szuper had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub. If Tivadar Demeter had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnold Szuper made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Zapolski in the 30th minute of play. 33 minutes into the game, Lei Jian Xiong cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Thiago Leiva was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fabio Di Meo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Arnold Szuper tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mehmet Ali Olgaç was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 42 minutes into the match. When Bai Jun Chong came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Szombathely Squirrels 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 Bai Jun Chong couldn't finish the play. In the 45th minute, Delmiro Etxekopar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LEBEG Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tivadar Demeter in the 48th minute of play forced LEBEG Team's goalkeeper Thiago Leiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Szombathely Squirrels's József Varga was substituted for Arif Ozan Nefer. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tivadar Demeter stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Angel Maura charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Angel Maura the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Angel Maura hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Arturo Zapolski hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Thiago Leiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lei Jian Xiong in the 59th minute of the match. Arnold Szuper made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serginho Ramos in the 63rd minute of play. Serginho Ramos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tivadar Demeter got free with Thiago Leiva in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Arnold Szuper took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute Serginho Ramos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnold Szuper saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arnold Szuper showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serginho Ramos in the 75th minute of the match. Arnold Szuper made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serginho Ramos in the 76th minute of play. Arnold Szuper took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jo-Wilfried Zaaboub, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Szombathely Squirrels's Arnold Szuper played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delmiro Etxekopar in the 82nd minute of play. Thiago Leiva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tivadar Demeter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 95 minutes into the match, Szombathely Squirrels's goal looked a bit too open when Serginho Ramos came free, but Arnold Szuper reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.