Friendly League

Atherstone
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes into the match, Aurelian Bocu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aguirre Verde. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aurelian Bocu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Aguirre Verde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Macovei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 13th minute of the match FC AdibA got a corner. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Constantin Dică ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on FC AdibA's corner Costin Maghear fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Aguirre Verde quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Constantin Dică in the 14th minute of play forced DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goalkeeper Aguirre Verde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute, Răzvan Zamfira 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gabriel Macovei in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aguirre Verde prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After 27 minutes of play, FC AdibA's Ferdinand Bala made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aguirre Verde was left in no man's land by his defense there! Răzvan Zamfira scored 0-5 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aguirre Verde, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 34th minute Răzvan Zamfira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aguirre Verde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aguirre Verde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Constantin Dică, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 36 minutes into the game, Constantin Dică cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Aguirre Verde was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 39th minute Gabriel Macovei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aguirre Verde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, FC AdibA's Constantin Dică sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aguirre Verde narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to FC AdibA getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Ioan Filimon hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelian Bocu in the 45th minute of play forced DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goalkeeper Aguirre Verde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th match minute, DUBAI Palm Jumeirah was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Constantin Dică was the one to do the kick off. Gabriel Macovei had several of the DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 51 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-7 score and a disappointed Aguirre Verde as he didn't even see the shot coming. Aguirre Verde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Răzvan Zamfira in the 57th minute of the match. In the 58th minute Bass Duchateau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Avram Panait saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aguirre Verde was a little too slow when Răzvan Zamfira got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 61st minute. The score was now 0-8. With a little luck, DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Aguirre Verde got control of the ball when Constantin Dică tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Constantin Dică's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aguirre Verde was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Răzvan Zamfira kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aguirre Verde. That made the score 0-9 in the 68 minute of play. Kuzey Sebat kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. FC AdibA's Constantin Dică got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to FC AdibA getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Gabriel Macovei hit a great ball. Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute, Gabriel Macovei left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC AdibA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-10. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bass Duchateau in the 78th minute of play forced FC AdibA's goalkeeper Avram Panait to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Aguirre Verde proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save DUBAI Palm Jumeirah from getting a goal against them. Răzvan Zamfira succeeded in the game's 82nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-11. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's defense didn't have a chance, in the 94th minute, when Constantin Dică scored to the left of an out of position Aguirre Verde, making the score, 0-13. The DUBAI Palm Jumeirah fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. FC AdibA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.