U23 League

Sami Zübeyr Arena
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mac Allister started the match with the kick off. Horaţiu Bociort showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mac Allister in the 4th minute of the match. FC Maci -MM-'s Yazeed Al Abdullah got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Horea Cutieru fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Maci -MM-'s protests and gave Horea Cutieru a yellow card for diving instead. Horea Cutieru kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mac Allister in the 19th minute of play forced CF REALCipri's goalkeeper Horaţiu Bociort to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mac Allister fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horaţiu Bociort having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iosif Iureș in the 29th minute of play forced FC Maci -MM-'s goalkeeper Adolfo Abar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mac Allister in the 31st minute of play forced CF REALCipri's goalkeeper Horaţiu Bociort to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Mac Allister's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Horaţiu Bociort was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by CF REALCipri's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Panait Piersic was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Maci -MM-'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Panait Piersic got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Horaţiu Bociort quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 43 minutes into the match, Mac Allister notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of CF REALCipri's Horaţiu Bociort. Horaţiu Bociort was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Florin Calboreanu was the one to do the kick off. Vali Mitu hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Horaţiu Bociort stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mac Allister's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. In the 66th minute, Mac Allister 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. Vali Mitu's late challenge caught a CF REALCipri's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vali Mitu helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to FC Maci -MM- getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Vali Mitu hit a great ball. Horaţiu Bociort didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mac Allister went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 79th match minute, FC Maci -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ştefan Mugur to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicodim Ozon in the 83rd minute of play forced FC Maci -MM-'s goalkeeper Adolfo Abar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Mac Allister came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the FC Maci -MM- 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 Mac Allister couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Mac Allister put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Horaţiu Bociort. Romeo Lopatnicu kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Horaţiu Bociort made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yazeed Al Abdullah in the 91st minute of play. FC Maci -MM- made a substitution. Themistoklis Von Grimmelhausen replaced Vali Mitu. Many of CF REALCipri's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. CF REALCipri may have spent more time on the ball, but FC Maci -MM- were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.