Friendly League

Sami Zübeyr Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Yenal Tanır's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tristan Falco was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Sami Zübeyr might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Armando Gazza. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sami Zübeyr ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 5th minute Sami Zübeyr shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armando Gazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Maci -MM-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vidar Albäck was slow to take the kick. During this time Juventus PTM's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Gualter Távora got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tristan Falco quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Emanuel Petruescu hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yenal Tanır in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tristan Falco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. FC Maci -MM-'s Sami Zübeyr got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 21st minute Yenal Tanır shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Falco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Emanuel Petruescu in the 24th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Juventus PTM's Cristinel Mihalcea. 26 minutes into the match, Juventus PTM's goal looked a bit too open when Sami Zübeyr came free, but Armando Gazza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 26 minutes, Sami Zübeyr made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Juventus PTM's Armando Gazza tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Tristan Falco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raimundo Espírito Santo, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 36th minute, Sami Zübeyr left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Maci -MM- fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yenal Tanır in the 42nd minute of play forced FC Maci -MM-'s goalkeeper Tristan Falco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emanuel Petruescu charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emanuel Petruescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 44th minute, Emanuel Petruescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Raimundo Espírito Santo made the kick off in the second half. Sami Zübeyr's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Armando Gazza read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 63 minutes, Yenal Tanır took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Tristan Falco to make any attempt to save it. Tristan Falco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yenal Tanır in the 68th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sami Zübeyr in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Armando Gazza saved Juventus PTM from getting behind. Raimundo Espírito Santo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Tristan Falco made a huge save. After having played for 83 minutes, Igor Czapski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Maci -MM-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Igor Czapski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC Maci -MM- made a substitution. Magnus Carlsen replaced Martin Costeiantu. Juventus PTM made a substitution. Ferdinand Honcioiu replaced Raimundo Espírito Santo. Juventus PTM's Patrick Viera was substituted for Alex Acatincăi. Tristan Falco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yenal Tanır, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 94th minute of the match Juventus PTM got a corner. FC Maci -MM-'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Florentin Clarisse ran over to the corner to take the kick. Juventus PTM's Florentin Clarisse was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Tristan Falco in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The FC Maci -MM- support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.