Friendly League

Stadio Viola Sensi
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Viorel Zgîrţa started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Villa Gordiani's Ove Bergman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Remus Marchiș made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After a rather tough play, Villa Gordiani's Ove Bergman got a free kick in the 6th minute. 8 minutes into the match, Arrigo Marrone had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remus Marchiș. minerul -MM-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arrigo Marrone was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Remus Marchiș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabrizio Canzano in the 13th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Fabrizio Canzano reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Remus Marchiș. The goal made the score 3-0. Remus Marchiș was out of position in the 18 minute of play, and Ove Bergman capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ove Bergman really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. 24 minutes into the game, Arrigo Marrone cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Remus Marchiș was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fabrizio Canzano's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Remus Marchiș read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. Arrigo Marrone took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Remus Marchiș. Remus Marchiș dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. Remus Marchiș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ove Bergman in the 33rd minute of the match. After 35 minutes of play, Villa Gordiani's Ove Bergman made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Remus Marchiș was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabrizio Canzano in the 38th minute of play forced minerul -MM-'s goalkeeper Remus Marchiș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, minerul -MM-'s goalkeeper Remus Marchiș had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fabrizio Canzano. minerul -MM-'s Remus Marchiș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabrizio Canzano in the 42nd minute of play. Remus Marchiș made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Otang Irawan sent off a good shot on target. Cristi Eftimescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Viorel Zgîrţa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Iker Casillas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 7-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ove Bergman made a kick off. Ove Bergman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Amos Ruggeri fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Villa Gordiani's protests and gave Amos Ruggeri a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 54th minute of the game. One of Villa Gordiani:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of minerul -MM-:s goal. When the match had been going on for 56 minutes, minerul -MM-'s Emanuel Petrică got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Iker Casillas. 59 minutes into the game, Otang Irawan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-1. Remus Marchiș was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 61st minute, Fabrizio Canzano ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Remus Marchiș was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-1. 66 minutes into the match, Ove Bergman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remus Marchiș. minerul -MM-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ove Bergman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 10-1. In the 70th match minute, Villa Gordiani was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristoforo Flocco to maneuver through the defense. Remus Marchiș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arrigo Marrone, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd match minute, minerul -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leontin Cartiș to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in minerul -MM-'s zone, Arrigo Marrone stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Remus Marchiș came out of the goal and Arrigo Marrone tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Remus Marchiș came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Villa Gordiani's Ove Bergman. But to his dismay, Ove Bergman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 11-1. After 87 minutes of play, Villa Gordiani's Fabrizio Canzano made it 13-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Remus Marchiș was left in no man's land by his defense there! Remus Marchiș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabrizio Canzano in the 90th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabrizio Canzano in the 92nd minute of play forced minerul -MM-'s goalkeeper Remus Marchiș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Fabrizio Canzano came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Villa Gordiani 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 Fabrizio Canzano couldn't finish the play. Fabrizio Canzano scored 14-1 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remus Marchiș, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ove Bergman kicked well hit freekick during the 98th minute of the match. When the referee ended the match the Villa Gordiani players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.