League

Cayirli
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Gladiators FC's Yavuz Selim Zeynur 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. If Halis Karar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 9 minutes of play, Cayirli's Müjdat Korcan made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cayirli's Ali Vedat Saatçi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yavuz Selim Zeynur in the 13th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Yavuz Selim Zeynur put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ali Vedat Saatçi. When Halis Karar came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Cayirli 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 Halis Karar couldn't finish the play. In the 24th minute Berke Tuğcu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yavuz Selim Zeynur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Vedat Saatçi having to interfere. When Gladiators FC's Yavuz Selim Zeynur in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cayirli's goalie prevented a goal. The throw-in from Kuddusî Tecimer in the 31st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gladiators FC's Sümer Özdoğal. In the 32nd minute, Sümer Özdoğal 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. Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Müjdat Korcan in the 37th minute of the match. Gladiators FC's Yavuz Selim Zeynur got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Yavuz Selim Zeynur might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ali Vedat Saatçi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yavuz Selim Zeynur ran back to his position shaking his head. Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Müjdat Korcan in the 45th minute of play. The Cayirli players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Gladiators FC were winning 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Müjdat Korcan to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Gladiators FC's goal looked a bit too open when Müjdat Korcan came free, but Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Halis Karar, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. The supporters of Cayirli booed when Gladiators FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sümer Özdoğal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Berke Tuğcu in the 58th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Halis Karar in the 61st minute of play forced Gladiators FC's goalkeeper Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute, Müjdat Korcan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cayirli fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Gladiators FC's Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Berke Tuğcu in the 69th minute of play. Yavuz Selim Zeynur who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 71stth minute tested the skills of Ali Vedat Saatçi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A sloppy throw-in by Kuddusî Tecimer in the 72nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Gladiators FC's Sümer Özdoğal. When Yavuz Selim Zeynur came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Gladiators FC 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 Yavuz Selim Zeynur couldn't finish the play. Yavuz Selim Zeynur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Vedat Saatçi having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Gladiators FC's goal looked a bit too open when Müjdat Korcan came free, but Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Ali Vedat Saatçi managed to avoid a goal in the 80thth minute, when Gladiators FC's Yavuz Selim Zeynur fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 83rd minute, Müjdat Korcan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cayirli fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Furkan Tanberk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Arif Gelenbe in the 92nd minute of play forced Gladiators FC's goalkeeper Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute Müjdat Korcan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Berke Tuğcu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 96 minutes into the match, Berke Tuğcu notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Gladiators FC's Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl. Ahmet Ozan Akçakıl was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cayirli were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Gladiators FC for a fine match.