Friendly League

Queen Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Orkun Adar kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Emerald's goal looked a bit too open when Özkan Özyuva came free, but Nichifor Nicolae reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute of the match, Ionel Găvănescu tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Altay Bayındır saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 10th minute Özkan Özyuva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nichifor Nicolae saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes in the game Okan Nesta did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Stefanos Ntountas. Özkan Özyuva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nichifor Nicolae having to interfere. After 25 minutes, Ionel Găvănescu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Emerald and the SARI ZEYBEK players grew even worse after the yellow card. 27 minutes into the match, Ionel Găvănescu notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of SARI ZEYBEK's Altay Bayındır. Altay Bayındır was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nichifor Nicolae took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miquel Crespo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 38 minutes into the match, SARI ZEYBEK's goal looked a bit too open when Ionel Găvănescu came free, but Altay Bayındır reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute Ionel Găvănescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Altay Bayındır saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Emerald getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Ionel Găvănescu hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ionel Găvănescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Emerald's Nichifor Nicolae got control of the ball when Orkun Adar tried to sneak it across the goal line. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Emerald's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Orbay Ayman was slow to take the kick. During this time SARI ZEYBEK's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Orbay Ayman almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Emerald's Nichifor Nicolae did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Vermeşan in the 57th minute of play forced SARI ZEYBEK's goalkeeper Altay Bayındır to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ionel Găvănescu in the 60th minute of play forced SARI ZEYBEK's goalkeeper Altay Bayındır to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Emerald's goalkeeper Nichifor Nicolae had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Özkan Özyuva. SARI ZEYBEK made a substitution. Nebi Tezkan replaced Orkun Adar. In the 67th match minute, Emerald was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matei Félix Júnior to maneuver through the defense. Altay Bayındır showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Vermeşan in the 69th minute of the match. Özkan Özyuva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Nichifor Nicolae tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 79 played minutes Emerald got a freekick which was hit by Ferdinand Condrea. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orbay Ayman in the 84th minute of play forced Emerald's goalkeeper Nichifor Nicolae to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Emerald booed when SARI ZEYBEK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stefanos Ntountas didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Darius Olaru fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Emerald's protests and gave Darius Olaru a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Emerald's Darius Olaru got a free kick in the 94th minute. SARI ZEYBEK were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.