Friendly League

Ionut Andrei
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Astor Haimar started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes in the game, Mugurel Nediu dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. 8 minutes into the match, CaPLooNBa's goal looked a bit too open when Diego Sánchez came free, but Bahadır Tuncel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- were awarded a corner. Carlos Berbiz went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Carlos Berbiz almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but CaPLooNBa's Bahadır Tuncel did a great save. In the 14th minute of the match White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- got a corner. CaPLooNBa's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Carlos Berbiz ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Carlos Berbiz to fire away a dangerous shot which Bahadır Tuncel despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Bahadır Tuncel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mugurel Nediu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Astor Haimar in the 21stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Bahadır Tuncel, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Bahadır Tuncel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from George Deac in the 26th minute of the match. Astor Haimar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bahadır Tuncel having to interfere. Bahadır Tuncel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mugurel Nediu in the 31st minute of the match. With a little luck, CaPLooNBa's Bahadır Tuncel got control of the ball when Mugurel Nediu tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Ionică Oprița had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diego Sánchez got free with Bahadır Tuncel in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 43 minutes into the match, CaPLooNBa's goalkeeper Bahadır Tuncel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mugurel Nediu. After 47 played minutes CaPLooNBa got a freekick which was hit by Sezer Ersezer. 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 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Çağatay Saatçioğlu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Astor Haimar in the 53rd minute of play forced CaPLooNBa's goalkeeper Bahadır Tuncel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Astor Haimar took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bahadır Tuncel. Bahadır Tuncel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. After a rather tough play, CaPLooNBa's Orkun Yönet got a free kick in the 58th minute. Bahadır Tuncel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Astor Haimar in the 60th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Astor Haimar managed to get in a good position for a shot. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s supporters rose to their feet, but Astor Haimar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bahadır Tuncel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. CaPLooNBa's Bahadır Tuncel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Astor Haimar in the 68th minute of play. Bahadır Tuncel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mugurel Nediu in the 72nd minute of play. Bahadır Tuncel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Astor Haimar's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. After 72 minutes, Astor Haimar made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. CaPLooNBa's Bahadır Tuncel tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Carlos Berbiz got a free kick in the 76th minute. 78 minutes into the match, CaPLooNBa's goal looked a bit too open when Astor Haimar came free, but Bahadır Tuncel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute Mugurel Nediu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bahadır Tuncel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ahmet Hakan Babaoğlu hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Bahadır Tuncel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Astor Haimar in the 88th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Ion Dorlea got a free kick in the 92nd minute. 4-0 came in the 96th minute when George Deac all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Bahadır Tuncel.