Friendly League

Boston 72 Garden
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's D.J. 杨坚 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. 9 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's goalkeeper Lütfü Öktemer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hüsmen Akbulut. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hüsmen Akbulut got free with Lütfü Öktemer in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Garip Yalçınkaya got a free kick in the 16th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hüsmen Akbulut got free with Lütfü Öktemer in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hüsmen Akbulut charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hüsmen Akbulut the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Hüsmen Akbulut hit a great ball. 30 minutes into the match, Claudiu Răducanu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benjamin Ivens. B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudiu Răducanu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Benjamin Ivens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudiu Răducanu in the 35th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's Claudiu Răducanu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benjamin Ivens narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 47th minute, Baran Fırıncıoğlu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. MARAZZINO were winning 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Claudiu Răducanu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Benjamin Ivens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudiu Răducanu in the 51st minute of the match. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Svetomir Maier was slow to take the kick. During this time MARAZZINO's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Svetomir Maier got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Benjamin Ivens quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 54 minutes into the match, B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's D.J. 杨坚 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lütfü Öktemer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 56th minute Claudiu Răducanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benjamin Ivens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to MARAZZINO getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Mieszko Pilsudski hit a great ball. B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Alberigo Sessa was substituted for Garip Yalçınkaya. After a rather tough play, MARAZZINO's Mieszko Pilsudski got a free kick in the 59th minute. 60 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's goal looked a bit too open when Hüsmen Akbulut came free, but Lütfü Öktemer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. MARAZZINO's Arman Miran was substituted for İshak Kurhan. MARAZZINO's Svetomir Maier quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Talat Usberk, made in the 64th minute of the game. After some careless play in the B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine defense, Claudiu Răducanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benjamin Ivens. The B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benjamin Ivens should have stopped the shot. Claudiu Răducanu took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benjamin Ivens. Benjamin Ivens dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. A sloppy throw-in by Talat Usberk in the 78th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by MARAZZINO's Svetomir Maier. Benjamin Ivens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudiu Răducanu in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudiu Răducanu in the 83rd minute of play forced B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's goalkeeper Benjamin Ivens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MARAZZINO's Lütfü Öktemer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hüsmen Akbulut in the 85th minute of play. Alberigo Sessa scored 1-4 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lütfü Öktemer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Benjamin Ivens stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Claudiu Răducanu's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. Olgun Baroğlu kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. The MARAZZINO players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.