Friendly League

Erzincan Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fausto Iraunkor took the kick off in the first half of the match. 2 minutes into the game, Desiderio Urko was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Godoy Cruz's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Erzincan the free kick. After a rather tough play, Godoy Cruz's Desiderio Urko got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Halil Can Durcan took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Natalio Ricart. Natalio Ricart dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 17th minute, İsmet Balabey ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Natalio Ricart was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Natalio Ricart showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oktay Canpolat in the 24th minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Lisandro Oliverio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th minute, İsmet Balabey 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 27th minute, Halis Veysel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Romulo Guerrero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Umut Akay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Uriel Vachon's late challenge caught a Erzincan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Uriel Vachon helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Godoy Cruz getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Uriel Vachon hit a great ball. After 37 minutes of play, Erzincan's Oğuzer Özerdinc made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Natalio Ricart was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lisandro Oliverio kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, Halis Veysel sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Natalio Ricart threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Halis Veysel this time. After a rather tough play, Erzincan's Oğuzer Özerdinc got a free kick in the 41st minute. Halil Can Durcan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Natalio Ricart made a huge save. İsmet Balabey who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 46thth minute tested the skills of Natalio Ricart when he managed to save the team from getting behind. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Oktay Canpolat stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Lisandro Oliverio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Natalio Ricart showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Halis Veysel in the 52nd minute of the match. After 54 played minutes Godoy Cruz got a freekick which was hit by Uriel Vachon. Natalio Ricart showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from İsmet Balabey in the 55th minute of the match. Natalio Ricart took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oktay Canpolat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Godoy Cruz's Natalio Ricart played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oktay Canpolat in the 61st minute of play. In the 67th minute Oktay Canpolat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natalio Ricart saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 67 minutes of play Godoy Cruz's Uriel Vachon was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Uriel Vachon kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. 72 minutes into the match, Godoy Cruz's goal looked a bit too open when Oktay Canpolat came free, but Natalio Ricart reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Natalio Ricart made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from İsmet Balabey in the 77th minute of play. Natalio Ricart made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oktay Canpolat in the 79th minute of play. Fausto Iraunkor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Umut Akay having to interfere. Natalio Ricart showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oktay Canpolat, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mehmet Osman Sarıoğlu in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Natalio Ricart prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 87 minutes into the match, Godoy Cruz's goal looked a bit too open when Oktay Canpolat came free, but Natalio Ricart reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oktay Canpolat in the 88th minute of play forced Godoy Cruz's goalkeeper Natalio Ricart to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by İsmet Balabey in the 90th minute of play forced Godoy Cruz's goalkeeper Natalio Ricart to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oktay Canpolat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fausto Iraunkor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Umut Akay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erzincan walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.