Friendly League

BaLiSt Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Xiao Yu Chao kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Xiao Yu Chao's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chi Tzalov was relentless in the 2nd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, KOO Tigers's Xiao Yu Chao got a free kick in the 10th minute. Uğuralp Vasfi was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Aurelian Grozuță. Uğuralp Vasfi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yang Wei in the 14th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Albert Nae shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uğuralp Vasfi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 21 minutes of play, KOO Tigers's Robert Collen made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chi Tzalov was left in no man's land by his defense there! KOO Tigers's Uğuralp Vasfi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save KOO Tigers from getting a goal against them. After 25 played minutes FC BaLiSt got a freekick which was hit by Dorin Stroici. Chi Tzalov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Collen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chi Tzalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emin Bayram in the 29th minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, FC BaLiSt's goal looked a bit too open when Emin Bayram came free, but Chi Tzalov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Collen in the 35th minute of play forced FC BaLiSt's goalkeeper Chi Tzalov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of FC BaLiSt booed when KOO Tigers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xiao Yu Chao didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to FC BaLiSt getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. George Terzian hit a great ball. Gündüz Engiay took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 40th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Chi Tzalov. FC BaLiSt's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. FC BaLiSt's Chi Tzalov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Collen in the 42nd minute of play. When FC BaLiSt's Yang Wei in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KOO Tigers's goalie prevented a goal. In the 45th minute of the match FC BaLiSt got a corner. KOO Tigers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ionel Manafu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led FC BaLiSt's Ionel Manafu to fire away a dangerous shot which Uğuralp Vasfi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 47 played minutes FC BaLiSt got a freekick which was hit by Narcis Zgrăbunţa. Chi Tzalov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Collen in the 48th minute of the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Yang Wei was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute, Emin Bayram hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Robert Collen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC BaLiSt's Niculae Târcă was substituted for Ionel Manafu. With a little luck, FC BaLiSt's Chi Tzalov got control of the ball when Robert Collen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Uğuralp Vasfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Zotincă in the 62nd minute of play. In the 64th minute Emin Bayram shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chi Tzalov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Uğuralp Vasfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yang Wei in the 66th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robert Collen got free with Chi Tzalov in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 79th minute Robert Collen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chi Tzalov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Collen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Chi Tzalov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. When KOO Tigers's Robert Collen in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC BaLiSt's goalie prevented a goal. Alfonso Cordario hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. FC BaLiSt made a substitution. Maxim Oprescu replaced Cristian Gârniceanu. KOO Tigers made a substitution. Kudret Şükrü replaced Azmi Bilkan. FC BaLiSt's Constantin Bălășescu was substituted for Aurelian Grozuță. KOO Tigers's Marquinhos Filho was substituted for Mickey Rothwell. Alfonso Cordario kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. In the 92nd minute of the match Niculae Târcă sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Uğuralp Vasfi skillfully saved the ball. Maxim Oprescu's late challenge caught a KOO Tigers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maxim Oprescu helped the player get up and apologised. Maxim Oprescu hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Chi Tzalov made a fantastic save in the 97th minute, when Robert Collen sent off a good shot on target. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched KOO Tigers eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.