League

San Gwann City
Spectators: 7783 (Terracing: 5838, Seating: 1790, VIP seats: 155) Zülfü Gürgen started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 minutes of play, Gürsercağ SK's Ke Chang Xuan made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Samim Esentürk was left in no man's land by his defense there! Samim Esentürk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdurrahman Bardakçı in the 7th minute of the match. After 9 played minutes Gürsercağ SK got a freekick which was hit by Ali Güralp Topçam. 12 minutes into the game, Ayberk Yağızhan threw the ball into play from the sideline. San Gwann Birlik's Terkild Knoop quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience thought a goal was coming when Terkild Knoop got free with Feyyaz Tozan in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Samim Esentürk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stoyo Kozhuharov in the 14th minute of play. A collision led to Gürsercağ SK getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Hüseyin Can Paşa hit a great ball. San Gwann Birlik's attentive Terkild Knoop managed to snatch the ball when Ayberk Yağızhan made a throw-in in the 19th minute of the game. Samim Esentürk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdurrahman Bardakçı in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ke Chang Xuan in the 21st minute of play forced San Gwann Birlik's goalkeeper Samim Esentürk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samim Esentürk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mustafa Arif Çınar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Samim Esentürk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ke Chang Xuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ke Chang Xuan in the 27th minute of play forced San Gwann Birlik's goalkeeper Samim Esentürk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute Wasyl Cwynar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feyyaz Tozan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aycan Tosun charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aycan Tosun the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Gürsercağ SK booed when San Gwann Birlik was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aycan Tosun didn't get a good kick on the ball. Samim Esentürk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mustafa Arif Çınar in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st minute of the match Gürsercağ SK got a corner. San Gwann Birlik's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ke Chang Xuan ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Ke Chang Xuan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Samim Esentürk quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. San Gwann Birlik's Samim Esentürk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stoyo Kozhuharov in the 32nd minute of play. Abdurrahman Bardakçı fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Samim Esentürk having to interfere. After 35 played minutes San Gwann Birlik got a freekick which was hit by Wasyl Cwynar. Hüseyin Can Paşa was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 37 minutes into the match. 38 minutes into the match, San Gwann Birlik's Ender Turcan broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. When Ke Chang Xuan came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Gürsercağ SK fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ke Chang Xuan couldn't finish the play. Feyyaz Tozan was out of position in the 43 minute of play, and Wasyl Cwynar capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Wasyl Cwynar really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ke Chang Xuan in the 46th minute of play forced San Gwann Birlik's goalkeeper Samim Esentürk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

San Gwann Birlik made a substitution. Gazanfer Özcan Kutalmış replaced Terkild Knoop. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ke Chang Xuan to make the kick off. Feyyaz Tozan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariusz Kocieniewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Feyyaz Tozan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariusz Kocieniewski in the 58th minute of play. Samim Esentürk made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Ke Chang Xuan sent off a good shot on target. Samim Esentürk was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Stoyo Kozhuharov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 62 minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Ayberk Yağızhan in the 66th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by San Gwann Birlik's Gazanfer Özcan Kutalmış. Feyyaz Tozan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariusz Kocieniewski in the 70th minute of the match. Abdurrahman Bardakçı received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Samim Esentürk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The corner led San Gwann Birlik's Ender Turcan to fire away a dangerous shot which Feyyaz Tozan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Samim Esentürk made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Abdurrahman Bardakçı sent off a good shot on target. San Gwann Birlik's Samim Esentürk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stoyo Kozhuharov in the 90th minute of play. Ke Chang Xuan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Samim Esentürk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Feyyaz Tozan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aycan Tosun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, San Gwann Birlik's Gazanfer Özcan Kutalmış got a free kick in the 95th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Gürsercağ SK eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.