Friendly League

Ezio Scida
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Frans Toussain started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Zheng Yang Zhen hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Ştefan Mârzac made in the 9th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Frans Toussain immediately put the ball in play. In the 11th minute, Zheng Yang Zhen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ΠΑΟΚ FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Frans Toussain kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Özbek Samet. That made the score 1-1 in the 15 minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, f.c. sKRotone's goal looked a bit too open when Zheng Yang Zhen came free, but Dan Focșa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th minute Zheng Yang Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Focșa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dan Focșa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zheng Yang Zhen in the 30th minute of the match. Özbek Samet made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Armando Vasco sent off a good shot on target. Björn Kamp kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. In the 35th minute Zheng Yang Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Focșa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Özbek Samet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vennard Sundoro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Özbek Samet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vennard Sundoro in the 47th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zheng Yang Zhen made a kick off. If Frans Toussain had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of ΠΑΟΚ FC booed when f.c. sKRotone was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ştefan Mârzac didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to ΠΑΟΚ FC getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Zheng Yang Zhen hit a great ball. ΠΑΟΚ FC's Savas Karameris was substituted for Aşır Satılmış. ΠΑΟΚ FC's Vassilis Bitsikas was substituted for Theofanis Klotsobounidas. After a rather tough play, ΠΑΟΚ FC's Zheng Yang Zhen got a free kick in the 68th minute. Dan Focșa made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Zheng Yang Zhen sent off a good shot on target. In the 72ndth minute of the game Sven-Ove Kjellman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ΠΑΟΚ FC's Özbek Samet was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 76 minutes, Zheng Yang Zhen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ΠΑΟΚ FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zheng Yang Zhen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Vasco in the 80th minute of play forced ΠΑΟΚ FC's goalkeeper Özbek Samet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zheng Yang Zhen got free with Dan Focșa in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zheng Yang Zhen got free with Dan Focșa in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 90 minutes into the game, one of f.c. sKRotone:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 92 minutes, ΠΑΟΚ FC's Isaias Oso got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Dan Focșa. In the 95th minute, Sotiris Zacharakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 97th minute Armando Vasco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Özbek Samet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 98th minute, Peppe Bamba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 99 minutes, Petros Mirtsos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ΠΑΟΚ FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Petros Mirtsos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The ΠΑΟΚ FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.