Friendly League

Tempo Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) VN BAKITO's Denimir Tzonkov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 5 minutes Freestylers's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Blagoy Banovski who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on VN BAKITO's corner Blagoy Banovski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Yuan Lei Jing quite easily take care of the ball. In the 9th minute Denimir Tzonkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yuan Lei Jing saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when German Evarado got free with Ruslan Rúklyov in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 16 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's goalkeeper Ruslan Rúklyov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by German Evarado. Björn Lachenicht recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 21 minutes into the game, VN BAKITO's Denimir Tzonkov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yuan Lei Jing made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in VN BAKITO's zone, Matthias Büssinger stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ruslan Rúklyov came out of the goal and Matthias Büssinger tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Denimir Tzonkov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yuan Lei Jing read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. Gerasim Berberov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yuan Lei Jing having to interfere. Yuan Lei Jing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Denimir Tzonkov in the 41st minute of the match. With a little luck, VN BAKITO's Ruslan Rúklyov got control of the ball when Björn Lachenicht tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when German Evarado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 58th match minute, Freestylers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mai Qian Guang to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Denimir Tzonkov in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yuan Lei Jing saved Freestylers from getting behind. Ruslan Rúklyov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from German Evarado in the 67th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by German Evarado in the 71st minute of play forced VN BAKITO's goalkeeper Ruslan Rúklyov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ruslan Rúklyov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthias Büssinger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 77 minutes, German Evarado made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. VN BAKITO's Ruslan Rúklyov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Freestylers made a substitution. Leo Pietro replaced Matthias Büssinger. Freestylers's Yuan Lei Jing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denimir Tzonkov in the 82nd minute of play. Ruslan Rúklyov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from German Evarado, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by German Evarado in the 85th minute of play forced VN BAKITO's goalkeeper Ruslan Rúklyov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yuan Lei Jing made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Gerasim Berberov sent off a good shot on target. After 91 minutes Freestylers's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Blagoy Banovski who took care of the corner kick. Ruslan Rúklyov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mai Qian Guang in the 92nd minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Freestylers's Leo Pietro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ruslan Rúklyov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Zhu Ning Ning hit a great ball. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.