Friendly League

Rams Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Thorvald Mansel started the match with the kick off. Duda Viana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trần Ritchell, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 5 minutes into the match, HORIZZONT's goal looked a bit too open when Nguyễn Chuong came free, but Duda Viana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duda Viana stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Trần Ritchell's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 9 minutes, Hoàng Tran successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The audience was convinced that Thorvald Mansel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duda Viana was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Duda Viana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trần Ritchell, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 13thth minute of the game Trần Ritchell who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but HORIZZONT's Duda Viana was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 18 minutes, Rahim Sidam managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. HORIZZONT's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rahim Sidam was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 21 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when HORIZZONT's Naim Gencal fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Hoàng Tran had great luck who in the 24thth minute grab hold of the ball when Rahim Sidam from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Nguyễn Chuong recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. HORIZZONT's Duda Viana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thorvald Mansel in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thorvald Mansel in the 32nd minute of play forced HORIZZONT's goalkeeper Duda Viana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute Txanton Sagastia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duda Viana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to FC Dalin getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Kyriakos Paltoudakis hit a great ball. In the 37th minute of the match Mirza Yazargil sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hoàng Tran skillfully saved the ball. After 44 played minutes FC Dalin got a freekick which was hit by Nguyễn Chuong. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rahim Sidam to make the kick off. After 52 played minutes Trần Ritchell scored with a long sweeping shot just to the left of Duda Viana who was too lazy, 0-2. Mirza Yazargil hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Thorvald Mansel came free with the goalkeeper in the 58th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Duda Viana could save by the left post. Duda Viana made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Thorvald Mansel sent off a good shot on target. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Dalin's goalkeeper Hoàng Tran, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. HORIZZONT were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after FC Dalin's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alpertunga Visali took the corner. A collision led to FC Dalin getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Trần Ritchell hit a great ball. Hoàng Tran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alpertunga Visali in the 69th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, Rahim Sidam notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of FC Dalin's Hoàng Tran. Hoàng Tran was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Duda Viana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Chuong in the 78th minute of the match. HORIZZONT's Duda Viana proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save HORIZZONT from getting a goal against them. Txanton Sagastia's late challenge caught a HORIZZONT's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Txanton Sagastia helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, FC Dalin's Txanton Sagastia got a free kick in the 80th minute. Thorvald Mansel received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Duda Viana came out and tried to block the shot, but Thorvald Mansel slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 85th minute. HORIZZONT made a substitution. Yaşar Akbuğ replaced Rahim Sidam. The supporters of FC Dalin booed when HORIZZONT was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alpertunga Visali didn't get a good kick on the ball. 90 minutes into the match, HORIZZONT's goal looked a bit too open when Kyriakos Paltoudakis came free, but Duda Viana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 94 minutes into the match, FC Dalin's goal looked a bit too open when Yaşar Akbuğ came free, but Hoàng Tran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute, Yaşar Akbuğ ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hoàng Tran was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. FC Dalin played a much better game than HORIZZONT and deserved their victory. The HORIZZONT players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.