Friendly League

Çmendina Arena
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Justin Collingwood started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justin Collingwood in the 8th minute of play forced NGOP Football Club's goalkeeper Makedon Boševski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. NGOP Football Club's Makedon Boševski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justin Collingwood in the 11th minute of play. When the match clock showed 13 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Justin Collingwood sped through NGOP Football Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Makedon Boševski. In the 16th minute, Jasper Attwood left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Garlic Eaters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 20th match minute, Garlic Eaters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tommy Hanley to maneuver through the defense. Nikolay Bonkov made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Emilijano Vidoevski sent off a good shot on target. 29 minutes into the match, NGOP Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Jasper Attwood came free, but Makedon Boševski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Justin Collingwood in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Makedon Boševski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, NGOP Football Club's Camilo Froila got a free kick in the 34th minute. Pavol Stano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Makedon Boševski having to make a save. In the 37th minute, Fitz Lambley made a precise shot to the right of Makedon Boševski. NGOP Football Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tommy Hanley in the 40th minute of play forced NGOP Football Club's goalkeeper Makedon Boševski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justin Collingwood in the 42nd minute of play forced NGOP Football Club's goalkeeper Makedon Boševski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Justin Collingwood's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Makedon Boševski was relentless in the 44th minute of the game.

Nikolay Bonkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilijano Vidoevski in the 51st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, NGOP Football Club's Camilo Froila got a free kick in the 54th minute. Justin Collingwood could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Makedon Boševski made a huge save. Makedon Boševski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Justin Collingwood's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. In the 67th minute, Justin Collingwood left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Garlic Eaters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. Pavol Stano's late challenge caught a NGOP Football Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pavol Stano helped the player get up and apologised. In the 72nd minute, one of Garlic Eaters:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Garlic Eaters. Nikolay Bonkov had in the 73rdth minute some difficulties stopping Slavoljub Kjani's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Makedon Boševski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Justin Collingwood in the 76th minute. NGOP Football Club's defense didn't have a chance, in the 79th minute, when Justin Collingwood scored to the left of an out of position Makedon Boševski, making the score, 0-8. Garlic Eaters's Nikolay Bonkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilijano Vidoevski in the 84th minute of play. In the 85th minute Slavoljub Kjani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikolay Bonkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 86th minute, Justin Collingwood 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. İbrahim Efe Altunbaş hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Justin Collingwood could shoot a difficult shot in the 90th minute, which Makedon Boševski however easily saved by the left post. With his leg Makedon Boševski managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when Garlic Eaters's Justin Collingwood fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The NGOP Football Club supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Garlic Eaters's performance. The match ended with a win for Garlic Eaters.