Friendly League

Suzuki Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Francisc Ciocoiu made the kick off which started today's match. With a little luck, F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's Iacob Povară got control of the ball when Pawel Sobolewski tried to sneak it across the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's goal looked a bit too open when Stephen Duxbury came free, but Iacob Povară reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gary Ingram showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisc Ciocoiu in the 19th minute of the match. Paul Bogătan lost his temper 21 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Edmílson Prata could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Iacob Povară made a huge save. 27 minutes into the match, F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's goalkeeper Iacob Povară had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roberto Firmino. In the 28th minute Luca Pancu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gary Ingram saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Korona Kielce's Gary Ingram played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sorin Cupșa in the 32nd minute of play. Pawel Sobolewski's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 33rdth minute, Iacob Povară skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 35 minutes into the match, F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's goal looked a bit too open when Stephen Duxbury came free, but Iacob Povară reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th minute Pawel Sobolewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iacob Povară saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pawel Sobolewski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Iacob Povară made a huge save. With an all-out effort, Korona Kielce's Iacob Povară threw himself towards the right post 46 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Roberto Firmino, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Pawel Sobolewski made in the 54th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's George Vârșan. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pawel Sobolewski in the 60th minute of play forced F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's goalkeeper Iacob Povară to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iacob Povară showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmílson Prata in the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmílson Prata in the 63rd minute of play forced F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's goalkeeper Iacob Povară to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iacob Povară showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roberto Firmino, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. After a rather tough play, F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's Francisc Ciocoiu got a free kick in the 68th minute. Korona Kielce's Gerry Furniss was substituted for Nihat Sarıdoğan. In the 70th minute, Francisc Ciocoiu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 70 played minutes, Korona Kielce's Dave Legzdins shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Iacob Povară came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Korona Kielce reached it. Roberto Firmino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 76 minutes into the match, F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's goal looked a bit too open when Roberto Firmino came free, but Iacob Povară reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute, Stephen Duxbury left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Korona Kielce fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Iacob Povară showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcin Cebula in the 81st minute of the match. Luca Pancu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Gary Ingram made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stephen Duxbury in the 90th minute of play forced F.C CLUJ MEDICINA's goalkeeper Iacob Povară to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute Pawel Sobolewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iacob Povară saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iacob Povară made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pawel Sobolewski in the 95th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Korona Kielce fans cheered their team off the field, for while F.C CLUJ MEDICINA had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.