Friendly League

Bristol Kingswood
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Jounaidi Assad made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the game, Croft 1's Florin Răducu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bakku Zaghloul made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Bristol Kingswood's Bakku Zaghloul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Condrea in the 5th minute of play. 11 minutes into the game, Miloud Bougherra lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Emilian Bivolaru. In the 16th match minute, Croft 1 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cornel Finteșteanu to maneuver through the defense. Jounaidi Assad recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bakku Zaghloul showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florin Răducu in the 19th minute of the match. Miloud Bougherra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Emilian Bivolaru tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th minute Jounaidi Assad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilian Bivolaru saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Bristol Kingswood's Emilian Bivolaru threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jounaidi Assad, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Bristol Kingswood's Bakku Zaghloul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florin Răducu in the 33rd minute of play. Emilian Bivolaru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jounaidi Assad, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th match minute, Croft 1 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Gogea to maneuver through the defense. Noureddine Kafi's late challenge caught a Croft 1's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Noureddine Kafi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Croft 1 booed when Bristol Kingswood was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Noureddine Kafi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th minute, Jounaidi Assad got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Jounaidi Assad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emilian Bivolaru having to interfere. 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.

The wind increased when Florin Răducu made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Miloud Bougherra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilian Bivolaru was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Miloud Bougherra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emilian Bivolaru having to interfere. Florin Răducu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Bakku Zaghloul tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 61 minutes, Martin Gogea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Croft 1 and the Bristol Kingswood players grew even worse after the yellow card. 69 minutes into the match, Miloud Bougherra notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Croft 1's Emilian Bivolaru. Emilian Bivolaru was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 73rdth minute of the game Jounaidi Assad who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Croft 1's Emilian Bivolaru was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Croft 1 booed when Bristol Kingswood was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chedli Chaffaï didn't get a good kick on the ball. Miloud Bougherra might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emilian Bivolaru. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Miloud Bougherra ran back to his position shaking his head. Emilian Bivolaru came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Bristol Kingswood's Miloud Bougherra. But to his dismay, Miloud Bougherra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Miloud Bougherra's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emilian Bivolaru read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Croft 1's goal looked a bit too open when Jounaidi Assad came free, but Emilian Bivolaru reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Bristol Kingswood booed when Croft 1 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martin Gogea didn't get a good kick on the ball. 93 minutes into the match, Jounaidi Assad had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emilian Bivolaru. Croft 1's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jounaidi Assad was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Croft 1 players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Bristol Kingswood.