League

Kursunlu
Spectators: 7213 (Terracing: 5411, Seating: 1659, VIP seats: 143) Yaman Mahçupyan started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Sebastian Argenis came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Kursunlu 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 Sebastian Argenis couldn't finish the play. A collision led to ShadowFC getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Halit Topdemir hit a great ball. After 11 minutes, Doğaner Tolgay mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kursunlu and the ShadowFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Doğaner Tolgay hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Ali Asım Riva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kılıçhan Kabakçı in the 16th minute of play. Nazmi Salat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Asım Riva having to interfere. If Nazmi Salat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 23rd minute Nazmi Salat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Asım Riva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nazmi Salat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd match minute, ShadowFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nazmi Salat to maneuver through the defense. In the 35th minute, Nazmi Salat ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Asım Riva was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 47 minutes into the match, Halit Topdemir notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Kursunlu's Ali Asım Riva. Ali Asım Riva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The wind increased when Sebastian Argenis made the kick off in the second half. With his leg Ali Asım Riva managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when ShadowFC's Nazmi Salat fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Nazmi Salat recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kursunlu's Bican Bürge got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 62 minutes into the match, Kursunlu's goalkeeper Ali Asım Riva had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nazmi Salat. If Yaman Mahçupyan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Kursunlu getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Ejder Resai hit a great ball. 66 minutes into the match, Kursunlu's goal looked a bit too open when Yaman Mahçupyan came free, but Ali Asım Riva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Kursunlu's Ali Asım Riva got control of the ball when Nazmi Salat tried to sneak it across the goal line. Yaman Mahçupyan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Asım Riva having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Kursunlu's zone, Nazmi Salat stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ali Asım Riva came out of the goal and Nazmi Salat tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Nazmi Salat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ali Asım Riva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yaman Mahçupyan in the 79th minute of play. Nazmi Salat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Ali Asım Riva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ali Asım Riva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yaman Mahçupyan in the 82nd minute of play. After 84 minutes Kursunlu's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Raşit Mazlum who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Raşit Mazlum got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ali Asım Riva quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yaman Mahçupyan in the 87th minute of play forced Kursunlu's goalkeeper Ali Asım Riva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes into the game, Bican Bürge was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kursunlu's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ShadowFC the free kick. If Nazmi Salat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ShadowFC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.