Friendly League

Ionut Andrei
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Róbert Benkó started the match with the kick off. George Deac made in the 3rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Armada's Anastasios Boukouvalas. 3 minutes into the match, Armada's Róbert Benkó sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Codruț Hanganu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 7th minute Armada were awarded a corner. He Wei Feng went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that He Wei Feng got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Codruț Hanganu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 9 minutes into the match, Armada's Róbert Benkó sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Codruț Hanganu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Diego Sánchez kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Codruț Hanganu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Róbert Benkó in the 13th minute of play. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. He Wei Feng was slow to take the kick. During this time Armada's players had a chance to rest. 22 minutes into the match, Armada's goalkeeper Cristi Miheș had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Berbiz. Cristi Miheș made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Diego Sánchez sent off a good shot on target. 23 minutes into the match, Armada's goalkeeper Cristi Miheș had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Diego Sánchez. Codruț Hanganu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Róbert Benkó in the 25th minute of the match. After 26 minutes White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was He Wei Feng who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that He Wei Feng got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Codruț Hanganu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristi Miheș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Berbiz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Armada's Cristi Miheș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Berbiz in the 28th minute of play. Cristi Miheș made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mugurel Nediu in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute of the match White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- got a corner. Armada's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. George Deac ran over to the corner to take the kick. Armada's Cristi Miheș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Sánchez in the 37th minute of play. The referee gave Armada a penalty, 45 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by He Wei Feng, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Codruț Hanganu. 0-1. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Xiao Fan Jing to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Armada's goal looked a bit too open when Mugurel Nediu came free, but Cristi Miheș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armada's Cristi Miheș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Berbiz in the 53rd minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by George Deac in the 55th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Armada's Anastasios Boukouvalas. After a rather tough play, Armada's Cristian Anastasiu got a free kick in the 56th minute. Róbert Benkó sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xiao Fan Jing in the 69th minute of play forced Armada's goalkeeper Cristi Miheș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristi Miheș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mugurel Nediu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Codruț Hanganu made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Róbert Benkó sent off a good shot on target. Armada's Filomeno Igon was substituted for Róbert Benkó. With a little luck, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Codruț Hanganu got control of the ball when Filomeno Igon tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 85th minute Xiao Fan Jing shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristi Miheș saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Filomeno Igon notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Codruț Hanganu. Codruț Hanganu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A nice corner shot did that He Wei Feng got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Codruț Hanganu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Armada were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s much stronger midfield.