Friendly League

The Honeypot
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Håkan Šuker kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes of play, Honung's Håkan Šuker made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Van Halen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Van Halen made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Angel Lehoi sent off a good shot on target. In the 11th minute of the match, Håkan Šuker tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Van Halen saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dylan Van Bever in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aristide Beșliu saved Honung from getting behind. Aristide Beșliu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dylan Van Bever in the 23rd minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, Вежен's goal looked a bit too open when Håkan Šuker came free, but Van Halen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Honung's zone, Dylan Van Bever stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aristide Beșliu came out of the goal and Dylan Van Bever tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 34th minute Håkan Šuker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Van Halen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Van Halen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Angel Lehoi in the 37th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dylan Van Bever in the 40th minute of play forced Honung's goalkeeper Aristide Beșliu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Honung's Teofil Lewicki got a free kick in the 40th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dylan Van Bever to strike the kick off in the second half. Van Halen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from King Puck in the 53rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Angel Lehoi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Van Halen was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. In the 56th minute of the match Honung got a corner. Вежен's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. King Puck ran over to the corner to take the kick. 63 minutes into the match, Dylan Van Bever notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Honung's Aristide Beșliu. Aristide Beșliu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Honung's Rune Fredriksson was substituted for Juan Manuel Vargas. Honung made a substitution. Malcolm Lindström replaced Angel Lehoi. Christiaan Enskens got a throw-in 68 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Martyn Efremov. Aristide Beșliu came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Вежен's Martyn Efremov. But to his dismay, Martyn Efremov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. The supporters of Honung booed when Вежен was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Naum Krekmanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Вежен's Van Halen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Malcolm Lindström in the 86th minute of play. 87 minutes had been played when some careless play by Вежен's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. King Puck was slow to take the kick. During this time Honung's players had a chance to rest. 88 minutes into the match, Håkan Šuker notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Вежен's Van Halen. Van Halen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 91st minute Håkan Šuker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Van Halen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dylan Van Bever might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aristide Beșliu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dylan Van Bever ran back to his position shaking his head. Honung's Aristide Beșliu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save Honung from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Honung's Aristide Beșliu got control of the ball when Dylan Van Bever tried to sneak it across the goal line. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.