Friendly League

PW Sportarena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, 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. Zvonimir Prestin started the match with the kick off. Falko Wirtz hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Álvaro Rezende recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. David Rotariu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Caeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 9 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goal looked a bit too open when Zvonimir Prestin came free, but Armindo Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to VB-Team getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Sandro Leitão hit a great ball. PoWer SC 2K5's David Rotariu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joaquim de Barros in the 13th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joaquim de Barros in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Rotariu saved PoWer SC 2K5 from getting behind. VB-Team's Armindo Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patrick Middendorf in the 15th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joaquim de Barros in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Rotariu saved PoWer SC 2K5 from getting behind. After taking down the ball on VB-Team's corner Álvaro Rezende fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and David Rotariu quite easily take care of the ball. David Rotariu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joaquim de Barros's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. The audience was convinced that Joaquim de Barros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Rotariu was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Armindo Salgado made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hector Todor in the 25th minute. Kai Förster hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. 30 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hector Todor. PoWer SC 2K5's David Rotariu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gervásio Severiano in the 31st minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zvonimir Prestin. In the 40th minute Luís Caeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Rotariu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When VB-Team's Joaquim de Barros in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PoWer SC 2K5's goalie prevented a goal. Lukas Goretzka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Armindo Salgado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sandro Leitão hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zvonimir Prestin during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th match minute, PoWer SC 2K5 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zvonimir Prestin to maneuver through the defense. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joaquim de Barros to make the kick off. Armindo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hector Todor, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. After 55 played minutes PoWer SC 2K5 got a freekick which was hit by Lukas Goretzka. David Rotariu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gervásio Severiano, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 57th minute, Lukas Goretzka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th match minute, PoWer SC 2K5 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paul Mertesacker to maneuver through the defense. Álvaro Rezende could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but David Rotariu made a huge save. David Rotariu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Caeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. The audience was convinced that Hector Todor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armindo Salgado was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. VB-Team's Armindo Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patrick Middendorf in the 63rd minute of play. Sandro Leitão hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Armindo Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zvonimir Prestin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joaquim de Barros got the audience’s attention when, from a short distance, he fired away a great shot in the 69th minute of the game. The shot hit the left post and bounced out. VB-Team's Qiu Sheng Bang was substituted for Sandro Leitão. VB-Team made a substitution. Traian Hăvârneanu replaced Joaquim de Barros. The audience was convinced that Traian Hăvârneanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Rotariu was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. David Rotariu made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Traian Hăvârneanu sent off a good shot on target. David Rotariu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Traian Hăvârneanu in the 75th minute. The audience was convinced that Traian Hăvârneanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Rotariu was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hector Todor in the 82nd minute of play forced VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Falko Wirtz kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Traian Hăvârneanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. VB-Team's supporters rose to their feet, but Traian Hăvârneanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. David Rotariu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Traian Hăvârneanus short, quick shot in the 88thth minute got David Rotariu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg David Rotariu managed to avoid a goal in the 88thth minute, when VB-Team's Traian Hăvârneanu fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. David Rotariu made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Gervásio Severiano sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Traian Hăvârneanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Rotariu was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. 94 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goal looked a bit too open when Leroy Kluttig came free, but Armindo Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 96th minute of the match PoWer SC 2K5 got a corner. VB-Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Matthew Wagner ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Matthew Wagner got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Armindo Salgado quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The VB-Team players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented PoWer SC 2K5 from taking control. The game ends in a draw.