U21 World League

Cloud Park
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gürkan Akaydın took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Basarab Oneț came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the FC Maci -MM- fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Basarab Oneț couldn't finish the play. Pascal Nouma could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Adolfo Abar made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Basarab Oneț's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Balaban Orcaner was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Balaban Orcaner didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Maci -MM-'s Basarab Oneț shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. A collision led to Black Cloud FC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Ahmet Tolga Hicabi hit a great ball. Nicolae Pădureanu's late challenge caught a Black Cloud FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicolae Pădureanu helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, FC Maci -MM-'s Nicolae Pădureanu got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute of the match Necdet Bala sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Adolfo Abar skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pascal Nouma in the 17th minute of play forced FC Maci -MM-'s goalkeeper Adolfo Abar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, FC Maci -MM-'s Cezar Boia got a free kick in the 18th minute. The long shot by Necdet Bala in the 19th minute really tested Adolfo Abar's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. After 19 played minutes FC Maci -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Panait Piersic. After a defensive mix-up in FC Maci -MM-'s zone, Pascal Nouma stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adolfo Abar came out of the goal and Pascal Nouma tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ahmet Tolga Hicabi during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ahmet Tolga Hicabi hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Ahmet Tolga Hicabi got his second yellow card in the match during the 31st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Nicolae Pădureanu didn't quite understand what happened when in the 34 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Black Cloud FC's goalkeeper Balaban Orcaner, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Balaban Orcaner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Basarab Oneț in the 40th minute of the match. The Black Cloud FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Maci -MM- were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Basarab Oneț to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Black Cloud FC getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Emre Kocak hit a great ball. Nicolae Pădureanu was shown his second yellow card after 55 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 56 played minutes FC Maci -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Nicolae Pădureanu. If Garry Kasparov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Basarab Oneț blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Balaban Orcaner having to make a save. 85 minutes into the match, Black Cloud FC's goalkeeper Balaban Orcaner had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Basarab Oneț. Panait Piersic hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Balaban Orcaner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Basarab Oneț, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Basarab Oneț's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 92ndth minute, Balaban Orcaner skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC Maci -MM- walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.