Friendly League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Kukova United's Pavol Halko started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miquel Crespo in the 5th minute of play forced Kukova United's goalkeeper Anıl Baran Uslu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th minute Özkan Özyuva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anıl Baran Uslu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the SARI ZEYBEK defense, Romeo Hulberto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Altay Bayındır. The SARI ZEYBEK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Altay Bayındır should have stopped the shot. Altay Bayındır showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacek Gotfryd in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orkun Adar in the 16th minute of play forced Kukova United's goalkeeper Anıl Baran Uslu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anıl Baran Uslu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Özkan Özyuva in the 21st minute of the match. Anıl Baran Uslu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miquel Crespo in the 22nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pavol Halko in the 25th minute of play forced SARI ZEYBEK's goalkeeper Altay Bayındır to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anıl Baran Uslu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orkun Adar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anıl Baran Uslu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Miquel Crespo's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. Altay Bayındır showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavol Halko, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 31st minute Özkan Özyuva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anıl Baran Uslu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anıl Baran Uslu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Özkan Özyuva in the 33rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Kurtuluş As managed to get in a good position for a shot. SARI ZEYBEK's supporters rose to their feet, but Kurtuluş As was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anıl Baran Uslu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Juraj Ďuračka's late challenge caught a SARI ZEYBEK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juraj Ďuračka helped the player get up and apologised. 47 minutes into the match, Miquel Crespo notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Kukova United's Anıl Baran Uslu. Anıl Baran Uslu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The wind increased when Lefter Mukbil made the kick off in the second half. Altay Bayındır showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marek Macko in the 56th minute of the match. Anıl Baran Uslu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Özkan Özyuva in the 60th minute. Anıl Baran Uslu was a little too slow when Kurtuluş As got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 1-3. With a little luck, Kukova United's Anıl Baran Uslu got control of the ball when Özkan Özyuva tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anıl Baran Uslu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lefter Mukbil in the 72nd minute of the match. In the 74th minute Lefter Mukbil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anıl Baran Uslu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 77 played minutes Lefter Mukbil rounded Kukova United's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-4. Kukova United's Gabriel Kajcer was substituted for Richard Kaján. Anıl Baran Uslu was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and Lefter Mukbil capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Lefter Mukbil really showed his touch with that goal: 1-5. Lefter Mukbil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 89th minute Lefter Mukbil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anıl Baran Uslu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kukova United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Orbay Ayman was slow to take the kick. During this time SARI ZEYBEK's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Kukova United's goalie and right to Miquel Crespo. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Kukova United's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The supporters of SARI ZEYBEK booed when Kukova United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jacek Gotfryd didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anıl Baran Uslu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lefter Mukbil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SARI ZEYBEK played a much better game than Kukova United and deserved their victory. The Kukova United players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.