Friendly League

Estadio Dragao
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arthur Saba took the kick off in the first half of the match. Boruc Wietrzychowski charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Boruc Wietrzychowski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 3rd minute, Boruc Wietrzychowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 5 minutes into the match, ★C.I.A.sna★16's Åke Pil sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Victoriano Abel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Average Joes's zone, Åke Pil stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Victoriano Abel came out of the goal and Åke Pil tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aleksander Birkenhagen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mattias Finnman in the 20th minute of play. In the 20th minute Mattias Finnman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksander Birkenhagen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ★C.I.A.sna★16's Aleksander Birkenhagen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Per Rolandsson in the 25th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Åke Pil's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victoriano Abel was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. ★C.I.A.sna★16's Aleksander Birkenhagen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Per Rolandsson in the 27th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Average Joes's goalkeeper Victoriano Abel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Åke Pil. After 30 minutes Average Joes's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Radowit Kalak who took care of the corner kick. Victoriano Abel was out of position in the 35 minute of play, and Åke Pil capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Åke Pil really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. 45 minutes into the match, ★C.I.A.sna★16's goal looked a bit too open when Yavuz Bülent Özger came free, but Aleksander Birkenhagen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Boruc Wietrzychowski was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boruc Wietrzychowski in the 56th minute of play forced Average Joes's goalkeeper Victoriano Abel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Filipp Krupatkih during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 76 played minutes Average Joes got a freekick which was hit by Filipp Krupatkih. Average Joes made a substitution. Jeremias Silban replaced Per Rolandsson. Average Joes's Jo Blanchaert was substituted for Pål Askestät. Through an outstanding action, after 88 minutes, Aleksander Birkenhagen successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The corner ended in Filipp Krupatkih almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ★C.I.A.sna★16's Aleksander Birkenhagen did a great save. Aleksander Birkenhagen didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 91st minute, which inside left pole to 2-1. ★C.I.A.sna★16's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.