Friendly League

Rapid Giulesti
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joaquim de Barros kicked off to start the match. Glenn Fyfe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shao Kun Yuan in the 3rd minute of the match. Armindo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dumitru Purcărete in the 12th minute of the match. After 13 minutes VB-Team's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marcin Pachucki who took care of the corner kick. Álvaro Rezende tried in the 14th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Armindo Salgado a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-0. Armindo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from King Scorpio in the 21st minute of the match. A4p FC Gad's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcin Pachucki in the 22nd minute. The corner led A4p FC Gad's Iulian Berceanu to fire away a dangerous shot which Armindo Salgado despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. James Batistuta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Armindo Salgado made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Caeiro in the 29th minute of play forced A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Glenn Fyfe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. James Batistuta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Armindo Salgado made a huge save. Armindo Salgado came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by A4p FC Gad's Dumitru Purcărete. But to his dismay, Dumitru Purcărete quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Armindo Salgado made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when James Batistuta sent off a good shot on target. Armindo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from King Scorpio, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After 38 played minutes A4p FC Gad got a freekick which was hit by Dumitru Purcărete. If 邱振广 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. VB-Team's Armindo Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 邱振广 in the 42nd minute of play. A4p FC Gad's Glenn Fyfe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Caeiro in the 43rd minute of play. VB-Team's Armindo Salgado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save VB-Team from getting a goal against them. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when James Batistuta stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Armindo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from King Scorpio, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. A collision led to VB-Team getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Joaquim de Barros hit a great ball. Armindo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from King Scorpio, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 56th minute, King Scorpio 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: 3-0. 63 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goal looked a bit too open when James Batistuta came free, but Armindo Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armindo Salgado 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 68th minute Alessandro Del Piero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armindo Salgado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Armindo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 邱振广, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. VB-Team made a substitution. Qiu Sheng Bang replaced Sandro Leitão. A4p FC Gad made a substitution. Gică Busuioc replaced James Batistuta. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by VB-Team's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marcin Pachucki was slow to take the kick. During this time A4p FC Gad's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on A4p FC Gad's corner Marcin Pachucki fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Armindo Salgado quite easily take care of the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Flavius Cândroveanu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Armindo Salgado. VB-Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Flavius Cândroveanu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Armindo Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gică Busuioc in the 78th minute of play. Gică Busuioc took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Armindo Salgado. Armindo Salgado dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Armindo Salgado stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gică Busuioc's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. King Scorpio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armindo Salgado having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flavius Cândroveanu in the 95th minute of play forced VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iulian Berceanu made a great header on A4p FC Gad's corner, it was just that VB-Team's Armindo Salgado managed to reach the ball for a save. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. A4p FC Gad had won after a very even match.