Friendly League

Potaissa Fortress
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Atalan Cebeci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Nurettin in the 3rd minute of play. Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Jalmari Mikkonen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sacit Tezveren in the 4th minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, RED KHAGAN's goal looked a bit too open when Ali Nurettin came free, but Atalan Cebeci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute, Ali Nurettin fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Atalan Cebeci, passed just outside the right post. Atalan Cebeci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Nurettin in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute of the match Pinner Cluj-Napoca got a corner. RED KHAGAN's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cristian Gallo ran over to the corner to take the kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ali Nurettin in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Atalan Cebeci saved RED KHAGAN from getting behind. Atalan Cebeci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Nurettin in the 26th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Nurettin in the 26th minute of play forced RED KHAGAN's goalkeeper Atalan Cebeci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivan Ghiondea kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Atalan Cebeci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Nurettin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute Cristian Gallo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atalan Cebeci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Atalan Cebeci made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ali Nurettin in the 43rd minute. Petruț Mircescu took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Atalan Cebeci. Atalan Cebeci dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

RED KHAGAN's Aytekin Ciner was substituted for Sacit Tezveren. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ali Nurettin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pinner Cluj-Napoca's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Folke Malmström was slow to take the kick. During this time RED KHAGAN's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on RED KHAGAN's corner Folke Malmström fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jalmari Mikkonen quite easily take care of the ball. RED KHAGAN's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Folke Malmström in the 65th minute. Folke Malmström made a great header on RED KHAGAN's corner, it was just that Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Jalmari Mikkonen managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Nurettin in the 69th minute of play forced RED KHAGAN's goalkeeper Atalan Cebeci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jalmari Mikkonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yılmaz Başdemir in the 74th minute of the match. Sebastian Vedillo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 79thth minute, Jalmari Mikkonen skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. RED KHAGAN made a substitution. Naim İzci replaced Aytekin Ciner. RED KHAGAN's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Folke Malmström in the 82nd minute. RED KHAGAN's Atalan Cebeci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Nurettin in the 85th minute of play. Sebastian Vedillo in the 87thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jalmari Mikkonen, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Matt De Ligt hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Pinner Cluj-Napoca made a substitution. Franco Vázquez replaced Cristian Gallo. Atalan Cebeci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Vasilache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th minute, Adam Vasilache ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Atalan Cebeci was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Pinner Cluj-Napoca were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of RED KHAGAN for a fine match.