Friendly League

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when James Batistuta took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, James Batistuta left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A4p FC Gad fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Dragomir Marchovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessandro Del Piero in the 6th minute of play. In the 8th minute, James Batistuta left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A4p FC Gad fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Alessandro Del Piero scored 0-3 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dragomir Marchovski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 17 minutes into the match, Alessandro Del Piero notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Stone City's Dragomir Marchovski. Dragomir Marchovski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 25th minute, Alessandro Del Piero left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A4p FC Gad fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by James Batistuta in the 27th minute of play forced Stone City's goalkeeper Dragomir Marchovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Stone City's goal looked a bit too open when Alessandro Del Piero came free, but Dragomir Marchovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dragomir Marchovski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from James Batistuta went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. After 35 minutes of play, A4p FC Gad's Alessandro Del Piero made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dragomir Marchovski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dragomir Marchovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iulian Berceanu in the 41st minute of play. Dragomir Marchovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alessandro Del Piero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th minute of the match Marcin Pachucki shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dragomir Marchovski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When Michaël Ballack fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Stone City's protests and gave Michaël Ballack a yellow card for diving instead. In the 46th match minute, Stone City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michaël Ballack to maneuver through the defense. Marcin Pachucki was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 47th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After the first half A4p FC Gad were leading 0-9. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

In the 51st match minute, Stone City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mai Yi Xu to maneuver through the defense. If James Batistuta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 56th play minute Alessandro Del Piero came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Dragomir Marchovski. 0-10. In the 60th minute, Alessandro Del Piero 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. A4p FC Gad's Anfilogino Manzi was substituted for Erasmo Damião. A4p FC Gad made a substitution. Flavius Cândroveanu replaced Alessandro Del Piero. 66 minutes into the match, Stone City's goal looked a bit too open when Flavius Cândroveanu came free, but Dragomir Marchovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 66th play minutes James Batistuta shot 0-11, a short shot which went by Dragomir Marchovski and just under the crossbar into goal. A4p FC Gad's Gică Busuioc was substituted for James Batistuta. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gică Busuioc in the 73rd minute of play forced Stone City's goalkeeper Dragomir Marchovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stone City's Dragomir Marchovski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Stone City from getting a goal against them. Gică Busuioc fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dragomir Marchovski having to interfere. Dragomir Marchovski made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Flavius Cândroveanu sent off a good shot on target. Stone City's defense didn't have a chance, in the 82nd minute, when Flavius Cândroveanu scored to the left of an out of position Dragomir Marchovski, making the score, 0-12. Iulian Berceanu hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. 87 minutes into the match, Stone City's goal looked a bit too open when Gică Busuioc came free, but Dragomir Marchovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gică Busuioc recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Flavius Cândroveanu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dragomir Marchovski came out and tried to block the shot, but Flavius Cândroveanu slotted it home off the left post making it 0-13 in the 92nd minute. The Stone City fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. A4p FC Gad were clearly better and deserved to take the win.