Friendly League

Cardio Staidium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jackie Banks started the match with the kick off. After having played for 3 minutes, Miguel Vilarinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AMLUCHO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miguel Vilarinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ştefan Șerbulea spun around in front of the goal 4 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of VN BAKITO's goal. A throw-in in the 6th minute of the game was made by Damiano Formica with Ştefan Șerbulea as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After 8 played minutes AMLUCHO got a freekick which was hit by Leonel Venerando. AMLUCHO's Selahaddin Esentürk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denimir Tzonkov in the 11th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's Denimir Tzonkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Selahaddin Esentürk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jackie Bankss short, quick shot in the 18thth minute got Ruslan Rúklyov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jackie Banks's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 18thth minute, Ruslan Rúklyov skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Jackie Banks put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Ruslan Rúklyov. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind AMLUCHO's goalkeeper Selahaddin Esentürk, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 26th minute Denimir Tzonkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Selahaddin Esentürk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. AMLUCHO's Selahaddin Esentürk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denimir Tzonkov in the 30th minute of play. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by AMLUCHO's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Blagoy Banovski was slow to take the kick. During this time VN BAKITO's players had a chance to rest. Ruslan Rúklyov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Vilarinho in the 33rd minute of play. A hard shot 35 in the game by Jackie Banks from a close distance when the talented Ruslan Rúklyov managed to make a qualified save. VN BAKITO's players were relieved. 37 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's Denimir Tzonkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Selahaddin Esentürk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Blagoy Banovski hit a great ball. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 43rd minute, when AMLUCHO's Jackie Banks after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with Ruslan Rúklyov in VN BAKITO's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Zhu Ning Ning hit a great ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Denimir Tzonkov to make the kick off. Selahaddin Esentürk stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Denimir Tzonkov's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. In the 60th minute Jackie Banks shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruslan Rúklyov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruslan Rúklyov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Vilarinho in the 63rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Denimir Tzonkov managed to get in a good position for a shot. VN BAKITO's supporters rose to their feet, but Denimir Tzonkov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Selahaddin Esentürk breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ruslan Rúklyov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jackie Banks's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Leonel Venerando made in the 69th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ştefan Șerbulea. After a rather tough play, AMLUCHO's Laureano Lisboa got a free kick in the 75th minute. Ştefan Șerbulea might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ruslan Rúklyov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ştefan Șerbulea ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind AMLUCHO's goalkeeper Selahaddin Esentürk, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ruslan Rúklyov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ştefan Șerbulea in the 84th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's goal looked a bit too open when Jackie Banks came free, but Ruslan Rúklyov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Flavinho Pires hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jackie Banks in the 93rd minute of play forced VN BAKITO's goalkeeper Ruslan Rúklyov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonel Venerando hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Leonel Venerando made in the 96th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by VN BAKITO's Flavinho Pires. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. AMLUCHO had won after a very even match.