Friendly League

ARENA MINEIRA
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Iuri Cardozo took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 12 played minutes COURO COME FC got a freekick which was hit by Leonel Koehler. 15 minutes into the match, Bozkurt's goalkeeper Nizam Şafak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Décio Veiga. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Décio Veiga in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nizam Şafak saved Bozkurt from getting behind. In the 16th minute, Kai Havertz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Léo Sampaio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 19th minute, Natanael Paranaense hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th minute, Kai Havertz 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. Nizam Şafak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nildo Chaves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nizam Şafak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iuri Cardozo in the 30th minute of the match. Kai Havertz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Léo Sampaio having to make a save. After 46 minutes, Aírton Faria mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the COURO COME FC and the Bozkurt players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 46th minute, Aírton Faria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 47 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kai Havertz came free, but Léo Sampaio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

In the 55th minute, Bozkurt's Kai Havertz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Léo Sampaio. Léo Sampaio yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gökçe Yalazalp in the 58th minute of play forced COURO COME FC's goalkeeper Léo Sampaio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gökçe Yalazalp in the 58th minute of play forced COURO COME FC's goalkeeper Léo Sampaio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Léo Sampaio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kai Havertz in the 59th minute. Kai Havertz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Léo Sampaio made a huge save. Aírton Faria hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Bozkurt's Mustafa Hakan Sufi was substituted for Kai Havertz. In the 69th minute of the match, Mustafa Hakan Sufi got a very nice opportunity to score, but Léo Sampaio was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 72nd minute Emrullah Erboy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Léo Sampaio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emrullah Erboy got free with Léo Sampaio in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by COURO COME FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Philippe Albert was slow to take the kick. During this time Bozkurt's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of COURO COME FC's goalie and right to Ferdi Kadıoğlu. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. COURO COME FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Léo Sampaio made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Mustafa Hakan Sufi sent off a good shot on target. Léo Sampaio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mustafa Hakan Sufi in the 88th minute of play. Ferdi Kadıoğlu charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ferdi Kadıoğlu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 90th match minute, Bozkurt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ferdi Kadıoğlu to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 91 minutes, Lauro Guerra managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. COURO COME FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lauro Guerra was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Léo Sampaio came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Bozkurt's Mustafa Hakan Sufi. But to his dismay, Mustafa Hakan Sufi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Léo Sampaio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mustafa Hakan Sufi in the 95th minute. Léo Sampaio didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 95th minute, which inside left pole to 0-4. The COURO COME FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Bozkurt were clearly better and deserved to take the win.