League

The Goat House
Spectators: 9185 (Terracing: 6890, Seating: 2112, VIP seats: 183) Blue Mountain State's Karol Panasewicz 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. In the 4th minute, Karol Panasewicz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fuat Bayraktaroğlu. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Fuat Bayraktaroğlu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 7 minutes into the game, Karol Panasewicz recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Fuat Bayraktaroğlu. Karol Panasewicz showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. If Hong Shi Wei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rıfat Tanır made in the 15th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Lions Of Turks's Mirza Akdemir. Lions Of Turks's Emesto Brion quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Rıfat Tanır, made in the 16th minute of the game. Karol Panasewicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Lions Of Turks's Fuat Bayraktaroğlu got control of the ball when Karol Panasewicz tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 21stth minute of the game Karol Panasewicz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lions Of Turks's Fuat Bayraktaroğlu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The throw-in from Afşar Uçuk in the 34th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Lions Of Turks's Emesto Brion. 38 minutes into the game, Lions Of Turks's Bogumil Pochorylo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Robin Sharma made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. 47 minutes into the match, Lions Of Turks's goal looked a bit too open when Karol Panasewicz came free, but Fuat Bayraktaroğlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bogumil Pochorylo made a kick off. In the 67th minute, Hong Shi Wei 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 67th minute Hong Shi Wei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fuat Bayraktaroğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karol Panasewicz in the 78th minute of play forced Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Fuat Bayraktaroğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Karol Panasewicz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Blue Mountain State's supporters rose to their feet, but Karol Panasewicz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Blue Mountain State made a substitution. Gökcan Bergin replaced Aykut Aşkın. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 89th minute of play forced Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Fuat Bayraktaroğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blue Mountain State walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.