Friendly League

Balat
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Oğuzcan Abide started the match with the kick off. Oğuzcan Abide sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 13th minute, Metehan Savaş reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Florin Uncu. The goal made the score 1-0. Balat SK's Asım Arif Mansız played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isac Dichiseanu in the 16th minute of play. Asım Arif Mansız took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isac Dichiseanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Oğuzcan Abide had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 30 minutes of play, Unimat's Mugur Bocaneț made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Asım Arif Mansız was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Unimat's Călin Suşu got a free kick in the 32nd minute. In the 40th minute, Namık Kemal Omay 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. Oğuzcan Abide had several of the Unimat's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 41 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-1 score and a disappointed Florin Uncu as he didn't even see the shot coming. After some careless play in the Balat SK defense, Florin Verzeanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Asım Arif Mansız. The Balat SK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Asım Arif Mansız should have stopped the shot. 48 minutes into the game, Balat SK's Oğuzcan Abide nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Florin Uncu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Florin Verzeanu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Călin Suşu in the 53rd minute of play forced Balat SK's goalkeeper Asım Arif Mansız to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Isac Dichiseanu notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Balat SK's Asım Arif Mansız. Asım Arif Mansız was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 61st match minute, Unimat was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mugur Bocaneț to maneuver through the defense. 63 minutes into the game, Cristi Mailat was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Unimat's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Balat SK the free kick. After 63 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Unimat! The referee gave Balat SK a penalty, 64 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Oğuzcan Abide, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Unimat's Florin Uncu. 4-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Namık Kemal Omay in the 67th minute of play forced Unimat's goalkeeper Florin Uncu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute, Namık Kemal Omay 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. Oğuzcan Abide hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Batuğ Kutberk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Florin Uncu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Asım Arif Mansız was out of position in the 78 minute of play, and Isac Dichiseanu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Isac Dichiseanu really showed his touch with that goal: 4-4. Asım Arif Mansız showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florin Verzeanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. With an all-out effort, Unimat's Asım Arif Mansız threw himself towards the right post 87 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Călin Suşu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 90 played minutes Unimat got a freekick which was hit by Călin Suşu. Asım Arif Mansız showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florin Verzeanu in the 97th minute of the match. Batuğ Kutberk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Balat SK fans' excitement grew in the 100th match minute when Balat SK's Namık Kemal Omay looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Balat SK's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.