Friendly League

Potaissa Fortress
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Wang Hong Le took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Ali Nurettin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zbigniew Brudzisz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Ali Nurettin took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Zbigniew Brudzisz to make any attempt to save it. 11 minutes into the match, Ekskluzywni menele's Wang Hong Le sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jalmari Mikkonen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 12 minutes Pinner Cluj-Napoca's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Paolo-César Maldini who took care of the corner kick. The audience was convinced that Wang Hong Le's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jalmari Mikkonen was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. A collision led to Ekskluzywni menele getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Angelo Rossetti hit a great ball. In the 25th minute, Wang Hong Le ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jalmari Mikkonen was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Adam Vasilache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zbigniew Brudzisz having to interfere. Zbigniew Brudzisz was out of position in the 31 minute of play, and Ali Nurettin capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ali Nurettin really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. With his leg Zbigniew Brudzisz managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Ali Nurettin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 40 minutes of play, Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Ali Nurettin made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zbigniew Brudzisz was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Matt De Ligt got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 45th minute Wang Hong Le shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jalmari Mikkonen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ali Nurettin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Nurettin in the 58th minute of play forced Ekskluzywni menele's goalkeeper Zbigniew Brudzisz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zbigniew Brudzisz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ali Nurettin went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Ekskluzywni menele made a substitution. Ola Stachura replaced Klement Kilar. Ekskluzywni menele's Iwo Glik was substituted for Adam Lewkowicz. Pinner Cluj-Napoca made a substitution. Franco Vázquez replaced Matt De Ligt. Ali Nurettin took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zbigniew Brudzisz. Zbigniew Brudzisz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. When Ekskluzywni menele's Zenon Ogrodowicz in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pinner Cluj-Napoca's goalie prevented a goal. Jalmari Mikkonen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zenon Ogrodowicz in the 90th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristian Gallo during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Cristian Gallo got a free kick in the 95th minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Pinner Cluj-Napoca had won after a very even match.