U21 World League

ALTAY ATATURK ARENA
Spectators: 7637 (Terracing: 5729, Seating: 1756, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Babür Coşan made the kick off which started today's match. Çelikan Hızlı hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Mahmut Torel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Encioiu in the 8th minute of play. When Marius Encioiu came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Fc S.Zaharesti 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 Marius Encioiu couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Orhan Üstündağ put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Marcel Noica. Babür Coşan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fc S.Zaharesti's Viorel Lelescu got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 20 minutes, Dorukhan İzmirli mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ALTAY MYTHS and the Fc S.Zaharesti players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mahmut Torel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mădălin Vintilescu in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th minute, Dorukhan İzmirli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy in the 31st minute of play forced Fc S.Zaharesti's goalkeeper Marcel Noica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Orhan Üstündağ managed to get in a good position for a shot. ALTAY MYTHS's supporters rose to their feet, but Orhan Üstündağ was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcel Noica breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 37th minute, ALTAY MYTHS's Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Niculae Stere's late challenge caught a ALTAY MYTHS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Niculae Stere helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Fc S.Zaharesti getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Niculae Stere hit a great ball. Marcel Noica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orhan Üstündağ in the 47th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mădălin Vintilescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes ALTAY MYTHS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dan Potoroacă who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Dan Potoroacă almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ALTAY MYTHS's Mahmut Torel did a great save. Çelikan Hızlı struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. Marcel Noica didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ALTAY MYTHS. Orhan Üstündağ took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcel Noica. Marcel Noica dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the Fc S.Zaharesti defense, Babür Coşan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcel Noica. The Fc S.Zaharesti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcel Noica should have stopped the shot. Mădălin Vintilescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcel Noica took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcel Noica stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mürsel Haylaz's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. After 75 minutes, Orhan Üstündağ made it 5-0 with a short kick to the right side. Fc S.Zaharesti's Marcel Noica tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. ALTAY MYTHS's Fazıl Hüsnü Ferikoğlu was substituted for Çelikan Hızlı. Fc S.Zaharesti's Marcel Noica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orhan Üstündağ in the 79th minute of play. Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcel Noica. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy ran back to his position shaking his head. 83 minutes into the match, Fc S.Zaharesti's goal looked a bit too open when Babür Coşan came free, but Marcel Noica reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th minute, Orhan Üstündağ made a precise shot to the right of Marcel Noica. Fc S.Zaharesti's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. 90 minutes into the match, Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcel Noica. Fc S.Zaharesti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. In the 94th match minute, Fc S.Zaharesti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mădălin Vintilescu to maneuver through the defense. ALTAY MYTHS walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.