Friendly League

Sanctuary The Dead
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sven-Olof Vestlund made the kick off which started today's match. Reynaldo Astrada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baba Popescu in the 4th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Baba Popescu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Reynaldo Astrada. Skull Sport F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Baba Popescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 8 minutes into the match, Skull Sport F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Sven-Olof Vestlund came free, but Reynaldo Astrada reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. CAN ERZURUM's Sven-Olof Vestlund got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven-Olof Vestlund in the 12th minute of play forced Skull Sport F.C's goalkeeper Reynaldo Astrada to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. CAN ERZURUM's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mehmet Poyraz in the 14th minute. The corner led CAN ERZURUM's Hüsrev Özyay to fire away a dangerous shot which Reynaldo Astrada despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Hüsrev Özyay scored 0-2 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Reynaldo Astrada, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven-Olof Vestlund in the 16th minute of play forced Skull Sport F.C's goalkeeper Reynaldo Astrada to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Reynaldo Astrada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baba Popescu in the 19th minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Sven-Olof Vestlund ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Reynaldo Astrada was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Skull Sport F.C's João Augusto Barral got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 26 minutes into the match, Skull Sport F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Sven-Olof Vestlund came free, but Reynaldo Astrada reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Reynaldo Astrada stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sven-Olof Vestlund's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. The audience was convinced that Sven-Olof Vestlund's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Reynaldo Astrada was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sven-Olof Vestlund in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Reynaldo Astrada prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 31stth minute of the game Sven-Olof Vestlund who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Skull Sport F.C's Reynaldo Astrada was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Joar Scheie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cui Xiang Zhen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joar Scheie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rony de Senna, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 42 minutes into the match, Sven-Olof Vestlund notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Skull Sport F.C's Reynaldo Astrada. Reynaldo Astrada was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the Skull Sport F.C defense, Sven-Olof Vestlund kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Reynaldo Astrada. The Skull Sport F.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Reynaldo Astrada should have stopped the shot.

The wind increased when Cui Xiang Zhen made the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Skull Sport F.C's goalkeeper Reynaldo Astrada, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Mehmet Şefik Karadağ managed to get in a good position for a shot. CAN ERZURUM's supporters rose to their feet, but Mehmet Şefik Karadağ was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Reynaldo Astrada breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rony de Senna's late challenge caught a CAN ERZURUM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rony de Senna helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Skull Sport F.C's Rony de Senna got a free kick in the 66th minute. CAN ERZURUM made a substitution. Roberto-Carlos Maldini replaced Cengizhan Soyurgal. After 67 played minutes Skull Sport F.C got a freekick which was hit by Rony de Senna. Reynaldo Astrada showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Olof Vestlund in the 68th minute of the match. In the 69th minute Baba Popescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reynaldo Astrada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Reynaldo Astrada was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sven-Olof Vestlund showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 70 minute of play. Alexandre Perez hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Reynaldo Astrada made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Sven-Olof Vestlund sent off a good shot on target. The CAN ERZURUM fans' excitement grew in the 76th match minute when CAN ERZURUM's Sven-Olof Vestlund looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After having played for 79 minutes, João Augusto Barral managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Skull Sport F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but João Augusto Barral was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 81 minutes into the match, CAN ERZURUM's Sven-Olof Vestlund sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Reynaldo Astrada narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rony de Senna in the 82nd minute of play forced CAN ERZURUM's goalkeeper Joar Scheie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Sven-Olof Vestlund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. CAN ERZURUM made a substitution. Atabek Tecimen replaced Sven-Olof Vestlund. After 95 played minutes CAN ERZURUM got a freekick which was hit by Mehmet Poyraz. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Augusto Barral in the 97th minute of play forced CAN ERZURUM's goalkeeper Joar Scheie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched CAN ERZURUM eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.