Friendly League

Stadio San Nicola
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Navarro Finden made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 3rd minute of play forced Bari F.C.'s goalkeeper Bianco Senatore to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bari F.C. were furious when 罗亦钢 was red carded, 7 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 8 played minutes Bari F.C. got a freekick which was hit by 罗亦钢. When Sandu Goșa came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Emerald fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sandu Goșa couldn't finish the play. Nichifor Nicolae made an important save on a dangerous shot by Saip Toygar in the 11th minute. Emerald's Nichifor Nicolae proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Emerald from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Emerald booed when Bari F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaroslaw Kensicki didn't get a good kick on the ball. 24 minutes into the game, Jaroslaw Kensicki threw the ball into play from the sideline. Emerald's Gigi Junilă quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Victor Piţurcă in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bianco Senatore prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Victor Piţurcă's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bianco Senatore was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 30th minute Arrigo Zarillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nichifor Nicolae saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Emerald's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arturo Pompilio was slow to take the kick. During this time Bari F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Bari F.C.'s Concetto Crispino getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Bianco Senatore made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrei Alexandrescu in the 34th minute of play. When Emerald's Andrei Alexandrescu in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bari F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Victor Piţurcă took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bianco Senatore. Bianco Senatore dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Arrigo Zarillo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Nichifor Nicolae firmly grabbed it by the left post. Cosmin Enigărescu hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arrigo Zarillo got free with Nichifor Nicolae in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Emerald's Nichifor Nicolae proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Emerald from getting a goal against them. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Andrei Alexandrescu to make the kick off. Bianco Senatore didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Emerald's Andrei Alexandrescu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. If Navarro Finden had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Navarro Finden in the 57th minute of play forced Emerald's goalkeeper Nichifor Nicolae to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the game, Victor Piţurcă cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Bianco Senatore was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Victor Piţurcă's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bianco Senatore read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 61st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Bari F.C.'s Ermanno Zulli got a free kick in the 64th minute. After having played for 64 minutes, Sandu Goșa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Emerald's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sandu Goșa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andrei Alexandrescu in the 71st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bianco Senatore prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Andrei Alexandrescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bianco Senatore was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. In the 76th minute, Victor Piţurcă left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Emerald fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. The crowd rose to their feet as Victor Piţurcă kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bianco Senatore. That made the score 0-6 in the 82 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Emerald's Cătălin Hăulică got a free kick in the 84th minute. Bianco Senatore showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. The supporters of Emerald booed when Bari F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ermanno Zulli didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bianco Senatore made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 94th minute. The Emerald supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Emerald would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.