U18 League

Carno Arena
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) An unexpectedly hard shot by Merih Öztaş in the 3rd minute of play forced Carno FK's goalkeeper Batı Özbilek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Şehzade Batüralp charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Şehzade Batüralp the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Hüsmen Yiğithan was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 11th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Fadıl Uğurata could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Müjdat Balıkçı made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in FC juveMET's zone, Fadıl Uğurata stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Müjdat Balıkçı came out of the goal and Fadıl Uğurata tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Müjdat Balıkçı came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Carno FK's Fadıl Uğurata. But to his dismay, Fadıl Uğurata quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. The audience was convinced that Mehdi Seçkin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Batı Özbilek was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC juveMET's goalkeeper Müjdat Balıkçı, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 37 minutes into the match, FC juveMET's goal looked a bit too open when Hüsmen Yiğithan came free, but Müjdat Balıkçı reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute, Merih Öztaş 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. In the 43rd minute, Eser Keykavus left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC juveMET fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hüsmen Yiğithan to make the kick off. Hüsmen Yiğithan charged in rather forcefully in the 50th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hüsmen Yiğithan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fadıl Uğurata in the 52nd minute of play forced FC juveMET's goalkeeper Müjdat Balıkçı to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hüsmen Yiğithan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Müjdat Balıkçı having to interfere. 56 minutes into the match, FC juveMET's goal looked a bit too open when Hüsmen Yiğithan came free, but Müjdat Balıkçı reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Fadıl Uğurata notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of FC juveMET's Müjdat Balıkçı. Müjdat Balıkçı was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hüsmen Yiğithan in the 63rd minute of play forced FC juveMET's goalkeeper Müjdat Balıkçı to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Fadıl Uğurata had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Müjdat Balıkçı. FC juveMET's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fadıl Uğurata was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. Müjdat Balıkçı showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hüsmen Yiğithan, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hüsmen Yiğithan in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Müjdat Balıkçı prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 71 minutes, Hüsmen Yiğithan made it 5-3 with a short kick to the right side. FC juveMET's Müjdat Balıkçı tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Carno FK's Tolunay Tandan got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Carno FK made a substitution. Özdemir Özkutsal replaced Aziz Safih. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hüsmen Yiğithan in the 84th minute of play forced FC juveMET's goalkeeper Müjdat Balıkçı to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Fadıl Uğurata made a precise shot to the right of Müjdat Balıkçı. FC juveMET's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hüsmen Yiğithan in the 92nd minute of play forced FC juveMET's goalkeeper Müjdat Balıkçı to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, FC juveMET's Hazım Albayrak got a free kick in the 94th minute. Müjdat Balıkçı took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fadıl Uğurata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Carno FK had won after a very even match.