Friendly League

Blue Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Madison's Lino Alfonso 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. After a defensive mix-up in BlueLionesse's zone, Lino Alfonso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Andrei Azamfirei came out of the goal and Lino Alfonso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nicolae Bordeanu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ernesto Emmanuel firmly grabbed it by the left post. In a very dangerous position, a player in BlueLionesse fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 8th minute. Penalty! Andrei Azamfirei went to the wrong direction when Bartosz Salamon was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. After 13 minutes Madison's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Maxim Văduvescu who took care of the corner kick. Madison's Ernesto Emmanuel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Murgoci in the 15th minute of play. In the 18th minute of the game Petruț Oanță made a throw-in which Alex Murgoci played forward. The audience was convinced that Lino Alfonso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andrei Azamfirei was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. 25 minutes into the match, BlueLionesse's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Alfonso came free, but Andrei Azamfirei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 26 minutes into the game, Mete Gol was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Madison's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BlueLionesse the free kick. After 28 played minutes Madison got a freekick which was hit by Ege Træet. Mete Gol hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. The supporters of BlueLionesse booed when Madison was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dacian Alexe didn't get a good kick on the ball. Madison's Ernesto Emmanuel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Madison from getting a goal against them. Lino Alfonso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Murgoci in the 38th minute of play forced Madison's goalkeeper Ernesto Emmanuel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes into the match, BlueLionesse's goal looked a bit too open when Alejo Marcones came free, but Andrei Azamfirei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andrei Azamfirei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Alfonso, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Nicolae Bordeanu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Ernesto Emmanuel made a huge save. Lino Alfonso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrei Azamfirei having to interfere.

The wind increased when Alex Murgoci made the kick off in the second half. After 57 minutes, Leontin Pătrășconiu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BlueLionesse and the Madison players grew even worse after the yellow card. Leontin Pătrășconiu hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Lázaro Medina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Madison getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Ege Træet hit a great ball. Madison's Lino Alfonso got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Murgoci in the 70th minute of play forced Madison's goalkeeper Ernesto Emmanuel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lino Alfonso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrei Azamfirei having to interfere. In the 79th minute Alex Murgoci shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernesto Emmanuel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leontin Pătrășconiu made in the 80th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alex Murgoci. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Alfonso in the 84th minute of play forced BlueLionesse's goalkeeper Andrei Azamfirei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute Lino Alfonso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrei Azamfirei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Andrei Azamfirei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Alfonso, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Petruț Oanță made in the 92nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Madison's Alejo Marcones.