League

Metin Oktay
Spectators: 7212 (Terracing: 5410, Seating: 1659, VIP seats: 143) Azmi Özduran started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Pride's Mustafa Barış Başhekim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kasper Junker in the 6th minute of play. Mustafa Barış Başhekim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ersan Cihansah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Pride's Vecdet Turgut got a free kick in the 10th minute. Mustafa Barış Başhekim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Halit Ziya Şener in the 11th minute of the match. Pride's Mustafa Barış Başhekim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ersan Cihansah in the 13th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, Pride's goal looked a bit too open when Halit Ziya Şener came free, but Mustafa Barış Başhekim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hayrettin Bakır hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. 20 minutes into the match, ♛•KING•♛'s goal looked a bit too open when Azmi Özduran came free, but Tacettin Sayhan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mustafa Barış Başhekim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ersan Cihansah in the 23rd minute of play. Pride's Mustafa Barış Başhekim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kasper Junker in the 26th minute of play. A collision led to ♛•KING•♛ getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Halit Ziya Şener hit a great ball. After having played for 30 minutes, Azmi Özduran managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pride's supporters crossed their fingers, but Azmi Özduran was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Kasper Junker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Halit Ziya Şener in the 39th minute of play forced Pride's goalkeeper Mustafa Barış Başhekim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes into the match, Pride's Azmi Özduran sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tacettin Sayhan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 43 minutes into the match, Pride's goal looked a bit too open when Halit Ziya Şener came free, but Mustafa Barış Başhekim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mustafa Barış Başhekim came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by ♛•KING•♛'s Ersan Cihansah. But to his dismay, Ersan Cihansah quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The Pride players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ♛•KING•♛ were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kasper Junker to make the kick off. After 50 played minutes ♛•KING•♛ got a freekick which was hit by Leonard Skaradowski. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Azmi Özduran in the 59th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tacettin Sayhan saved ♛•KING•♛ from getting behind. With an all-out effort, ♛•KING•♛'s Mustafa Barış Başhekim threw himself towards the right post 68 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ersan Cihansah, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 70th minute, ♛•KING•♛'s Ersan Cihansah dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. Pride's Mustafa Barış Başhekim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Halit Ziya Şener in the 73rd minute of play. After 74 played minutes ♛•KING•♛ got a freekick which was hit by Ersan Cihansah. After 78 played minutes ♛•KING•♛ got a freekick which was hit by Kıvanç Kiner. In the 84th minute of the match, Ersan Cihansah tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mustafa Barış Başhekim saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 85th minute, Kasper Junker left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ♛•KING•♛ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After a rather tough play, Pride's Vecdet Turgut got a free kick in the 90th minute. ♛•KING•♛'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.