Friendly League

Estadio Calamar
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joe Tate started the match with the kick off. If Denimir Tzonkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Edmond Verdun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Denimir Tzonkov in the 8th minute of the match. Denimir Tzonkov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edmond Verdun having to make a save. Pastor Ado could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Ruslan Rúklyov made a huge save. Valko De Hond made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by VN BAKITO's Mei Zhi Jun. Edmond Verdun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denimir Tzonkov in the 15th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, Denimir Tzonkov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edmond Verdun. Errecaborda AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Denimir Tzonkov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 21 minutes into the match, Denimir Tzonkov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edmond Verdun. Errecaborda AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Denimir Tzonkov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in VN BAKITO's zone, Joe Tate stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ruslan Rúklyov came out of the goal and Joe Tate tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 30th minute, Gerasim Berberov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valko De Hond made in the 31st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Miguel Savion. Ruslan Rúklyov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emílio Terra, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. The supporters of VN BAKITO booed when Errecaborda AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joe Tate didn't get a good kick on the ball. Denimir Tzonkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Edmond Verdun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denimir Tzonkov in the 38th minute of play. With a little luck, VN BAKITO's Ruslan Rúklyov got control of the ball when Pastor Ado tried to sneak it across the goal line. 46 minutes in the game Valko De Hond did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Mauro Rameriz. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Denimir Tzonkov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mei Zhi Jun's late challenge caught a Errecaborda AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mei Zhi Jun helped the player get up and apologised. In the 53rd minute, Mei Zhi Jun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 55 minutes into the match, Denimir Tzonkov notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Errecaborda AFC's Edmond Verdun. Edmond Verdun was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. VN BAKITO made a substitution. Rusi Plochev replaced Isaac Constancio. In the 60th minute Rusi Plochev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmond Verdun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edmond Verdun stood somewhat misplaced when Denimir Tzonkov came free in front of goal and shot 0-4 to the left of him in the 63 minute. The supporters of VN BAKITO booed when Errecaborda AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joe Tate didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute of the match, Rusi Plochev tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Edmond Verdun saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 70th minute VN BAKITO were awarded a corner. Blagoy Banovski went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on VN BAKITO's corner Blagoy Banovski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edmond Verdun quite easily take care of the ball. VN BAKITO's Ruslan Rúklyov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joe Tate in the 72nd minute of play. Emílio Terra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruslan Rúklyov having to interfere. Ruslan Rúklyov came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Errecaborda AFC's Joe Tate. But to his dismay, Joe Tate quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Yani Dandolov hit a great ball. After 95 played minutes VN BAKITO got a freekick which was hit by Gerasim Berberov. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. VN BAKITO had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.