Friendly League

RUSLIN ARENA
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's Rodion Orel started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Rodion Orel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Ni Tian Peng made a huge save. Gábor Bencsik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikos Valassiou in the 6th minute of play. If Marius Niculae had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 10th minute, one of КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика: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 КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика. Nikos Valassiou scored 0-2 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gábor Bencsik, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marius Niculae in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ni Tian Peng prevented the ball from getting in the gole. El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marius Niculae in the 21st minute of play. 巩誉雄 kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. In the 24th minute, 巩誉雄 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика defense, Nikos Valassiou kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gábor Bencsik. The КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gábor Bencsik should have stopped the shot. In the 27th minute Marius Niculae shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Tian Peng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's Gábor Bencsik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikos Valassiou in the 30th minute of play. El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodion Orel in the 31st minute of play. Gábor Bencsik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toma Merlushkin in the 34th minute of the match. Gábor Bencsik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thanos Kalikis in the 36th minute of play. In the 38th minute, КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's Rodion Orel ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ni Tian Peng. Ni Tian Peng yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. Ni Tian Peng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marius Niculae's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. At last the ball reached Stepan Tovkatskiy at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of El Pinar. 2-3. After the first half El Pinar were leading 2-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nikos Valassiou to strike the kick off in the second half. Gábor Bencsik was out of position in the 53 minute of play, and Toma Merlushkin capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Toma Merlushkin really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. With an all-out effort, El Pinar's Gábor Bencsik threw himself towards the right post 55 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nikos Valassiou, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stepan Tovkatskiy in the 58th minute of play forced El Pinar's goalkeeper Ni Tian Peng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stepan Tovkatskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 64th minute КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика were awarded a corner. Taras Vonsyk went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 68th minute Timmy Samuelsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Tian Peng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, El Pinar's Henrik Kock got a free kick in the 70th minute. Ni Tian Peng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marius Niculae, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Ni Tian Peng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stepan Tovkatskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ni Tian Peng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stepan Tovkatskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Marius Niculae received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Ni Tian Peng tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ni Tian Peng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marius Niculae in the 85th minute of the match. Ni Tian Peng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timmy Samuelsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. 93 minutes into the match, Marius Niculae had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ni Tian Peng. El Pinar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marius Niculae was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-4. Toma Merlushkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Gábor Bencsik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Toma Merlushkin got free with Gábor Bencsik in the 97th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.