Friendly League

Soccer Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cyrus Crouch kicked off to start the match. 17 minutes into the match, Cosmos Soccer Club's goal looked a bit too open when Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu came free, but Bruce Nesbitt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aziz Kıvılcım in the 21st minute of play forced Cosmos Soccer Club's goalkeeper Bruce Nesbitt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute, Russ Thorne made a precise shot to the right of Lefter Demirbaş. AKHisaR's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Ergün Özver sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 37 minutes, Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AKHisaR's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu put it in 1-4 from a short distance just to the right of Bruce Nesbitt. Yakup Hacıoğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Bruce Nesbitt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu made a kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rudolph Saunders during the 50th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Rudolph Saunders kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. Ramazan Afacan took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 51st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bruce Nesbitt. Cosmos Soccer Club's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, Cosmos Soccer Club's Cyrus Crouch got a free kick in the 55th minute. Bruce Nesbitt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ergün Özver, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Lefter Demirbaş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Russ Thorne, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Cosmos Soccer Club's Franklin Willingham got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 67th play minute Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Bruce Nesbitt. 1-5. In the 70th match minute, AKHisaR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bahattin Zühtü to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to AKHisaR getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu hit a great ball. After 73 played minutes, Cosmos Soccer Club's Rudolph Saunders shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lefter Demirbaş came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Cosmos Soccer Club reached it. Bruce Nesbitt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ergün Özver, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. 86 minutes into the game, Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Bruce Nesbitt. Arif Tugay Değirmencioğlu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-6. Ahmet Nasir Cihangir lost his temper 94 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. When the final whistle sounded AKHisaR left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Cosmos Soccer Club.