U23 World League

Arena Viola
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Costică Milea made the kick off which started today's match. MARAZZINO's Taško Kral got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 14 played minutes MARAZZINO got a freekick which was hit by Mazhar Korcan. Gürkan Seralp's late challenge caught a Viola Invest's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gürkan Seralp helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iustinian Brezeanu in the 18th minute of play forced MARAZZINO's goalkeeper Abdurrezzak Çetintürk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MARAZZINO's Abdurrezzak Çetintürk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costică Milea in the 19th minute of play. Ferdinand Eftimiu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Victor Comșa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 32 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's goal looked a bit too open when Costică Milea came free, but Abdurrezzak Çetintürk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victor Armanca kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. If Taško Kral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 44 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Armanca came free, but Abdurrezzak Çetintürk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abdurrezzak Çetintürk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor Armanca in the 45th minute. After a rather tough play, MARAZZINO's Kaptan Bilgetay got a free kick in the 47th minute. In the 49th minute, Ferdinand Eftimiu 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. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Taško Kral to strike the kick off in the second half. After 53 played minutes Viola Invest got a freekick which was hit by Martin Bilașco. Victor Comșa took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Abdurrezzak Çetintürk. Abdurrezzak Çetintürk dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. 61 minutes into the game, Viola Invest's Victor Comșa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abdurrezzak Çetintürk made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After some careless play in the MARAZZINO defense, Victor Comșa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Abdurrezzak Çetintürk. The MARAZZINO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Abdurrezzak Çetintürk should have stopped the shot. Taško Kral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Flavius Izbașa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 71st minute, Taško Kral reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Flavius Izbașa. The goal made the score 3-1. Flavius Izbașa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taško Kral in the 75th minute of the match. Abdurrezzak Çetintürk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Comșa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by MARAZZINO's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Iustinian Brezeanu was slow to take the kick. During this time Viola Invest's players had a chance to rest. Gigel Cismarescu was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 88 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's Taško Kral sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Flavius Izbașa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Viola Invest's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.