U23 World League

Teatrul Viselor
Spectators: 7623 (Terracing: 5718, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) In the 6th minute, Scorpions -MM-'s Costel Ţintă ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ali Atıf Okatay. Ali Atıf Okatay yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Evcilerspor's Ali Atıf Okatay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Vrânceanu in the 11th minute of play. Costel Ţintă did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Ali Atıf Okatay 14 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Evcilerspor defense, Dan Tinu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ali Atıf Okatay. The Evcilerspor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ali Atıf Okatay should have stopped the shot. In the 24th minute, Costel Ţintă left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Scorpions -MM- fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. After 29 minutes, Costel Ţintă made it 6-0 with a short kick to the right side. Evcilerspor's Ali Atıf Okatay tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 35 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Costel Ţintă sped through Evcilerspor's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ali Atıf Okatay. Ali Atıf Okatay made an important save on a dangerous shot by Costel Ţintă in the 38th minute. In the 46th minute, Alex Vrânceanu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Atıf Okatay was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 8-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Costel Ţintă stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 56 played minutes Scorpions -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Teodor Nisporeanu. Scorpions -MM-'s Augustin Vergulescu was substituted for Dan Tinu. Scorpions -MM-'s Traian Uzuneanu was substituted for Alex Vrânceanu. Scorpions -MM-'s Costel Ţintă got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 10-0 when Costel Ţintă sped through Evcilerspor's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ali Atıf Okatay. After 72 minutes of play, Scorpions -MM-'s Costel Ţintă made it 11-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ali Atıf Okatay was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 76 played minutes, Scorpions -MM-'s Luca Păun shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ali Atıf Okatay came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Scorpions -MM- reached it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Costel Ţintă in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ali Atıf Okatay saved Evcilerspor from getting behind. In the 86th minute, Costel Ţintă got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 87th minute, Alp Ergintuğ hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ali Atıf Okatay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costel Ţintă in the 90th minute of play. In the 97th minute, Cornel Giuverdea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Scorpions -MM-'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.