U23 League

GM Workshop
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ahmet Fikret İley kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute of the match Emrullah Toygun shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nihat Yorangil showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 6 minutes of play, GALATASARAY O.Z.'s J.J J.J. made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nihat Yorangil was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 10 minutes, Alexsandro Romero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GALATASARAY O.Z.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexsandro Romero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nihat Yorangil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from J.J J.J., even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. GALATASARAY O.Z.'s Paco Zamora played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hüseyin Turan Necip in the 14th minute of play. Öztürk Yordam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paco Zamora having to interfere. Nihat Yorangil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gökçen Kulan in the 19th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Goal Machines's goal looked a bit too open when J.J J.J. came free, but Nihat Yorangil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Gencer Adalıoğlu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Goal Machines's supporters rose to their feet, but Gencer Adalıoğlu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Paco Zamora breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by J.J J.J. in the 31st minute of play forced Goal Machines's goalkeeper Nihat Yorangil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Güneş Gürçınar kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Emrullah Toygun managed to get in a good position for a shot. GALATASARAY O.Z.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Emrullah Toygun was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nihat Yorangil breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gökçen Kulan in the 47th minute of play forced Goal Machines's goalkeeper Nihat Yorangil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Goal Machines players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. GALATASARAY O.Z. were winning 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when J.J J.J. stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nihat Yorangil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from J.J J.J. in the 54th minute of the match. 61 minutes into the match, Goal Machines's goal looked a bit too open when J.J J.J. came free, but Nihat Yorangil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. İlyas Acarsoy got his second yellow card in the match during the 64th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 65th match minute, Goal Machines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by İlyas Acarsoy to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 66 minutes, J.J J.J. managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GALATASARAY O.Z.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but J.J J.J. was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling J.J J.J. in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nihat Yorangil prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 68thth minute of the game J.J J.J. who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Goal Machines's Nihat Yorangil was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Gökçen Kulan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Goal Machines's Nihat Yorangil proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Goal Machines from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that J.J J.J.'s extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nihat Yorangil was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. After 79 minutes, Emrullah Toygun made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Goal Machines's Nihat Yorangil tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Nihat Yorangil made an important save on a dangerous shot by J.J J.J. in the 81st minute. GALATASARAY O.Z.'s Paco Zamora played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hüseyin Turan Necip in the 82nd minute of play. After 83 played minutes Goal Machines got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Fikret İley. Emrullah Toygun 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. J.J J.J.s short, quick shot in the 91stth minute got Nihat Yorangil to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Gökçen Kulan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the final whistle sounded GALATASARAY O.Z. left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Goal Machines.