Friendly League

Arena Atrio
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sava Dodov got the match started through his kick off. With a little luck, Knights Templar's Trayan Dafov got control of the ball when Giovani Pirani tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hernani da Rocha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aleksandro Nesta in the 6th minute of play. 13 minutes into the game, Knights Templar's Aleksandro Nesta nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hernani da Rocha made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 17th minute, Aleksandro Nesta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 21 minutes into the match, Knights Templar's goalkeeper Trayan Dafov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Júlio Fantini. In the 22nd minute, Kuzman Deliradev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Knights Templar getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Sava Dodov hit a great ball. Trayan Dafov made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Igor Albuquerque sent off a good shot on target. In the 33rd minute, Sava Dodov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Violet Petev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Knights Templar's supporters rose to their feet, but Violet Petev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hernani da Rocha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hernani da Rocha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksandro Nesta, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. The attack was good, but when Sava Dodov in the 40th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. The AC Korban players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Knights Templar were winning 0-1.

Trayan Dafov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Albuquerque in the 51st minute of play. Hernani da Rocha stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Violet Petev's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aleksandro Nesta got free with Hernani da Rocha in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 64 minutes into the match, Aleksandro Nesta notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of AC Korban's Hernani da Rocha. Hernani da Rocha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Hernani da Rocha made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Sava Dodov sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Knights Templar's Violet Petev got a free kick in the 75th minute. A collision led to Knights Templar getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Sava Dodov hit a great ball. AC Korban's defense didn't have a chance, in the 81st minute, when Sava Dodov scored to the left of an out of position Hernani da Rocha, making the score, 1-4. The supporters of Knights Templar booed when AC Korban was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfredinho Fonseca didn't get a good kick on the ball. The long shot by Ginyo Myankov in the 87th minute really tested Hernani da Rocha's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Aleksandro Nesta received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hernani da Rocha came out and tried to block the shot, but Aleksandro Nesta slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 89th minute. Sava Dodov had several of the AC Korban's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 92 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-6 score and a disappointed Hernani da Rocha as he didn't even see the shot coming. The AC Korban fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Knights Templar were clearly better and deserved to take the win.