U23 League

Gothic Souls Arena
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Gothic Souls's Luis Figo 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. Fazlı Diclehan made in the 3rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Gothic Souls's Wesley Sneijder. Menderes Hikmet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ardahan Çetin, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. A nice corner shot did that Mehmet Arif Dadaloğlu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Menderes Hikmet quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 13 minutes into the game, Luis Figo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Suelo Montana was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. PreZiDenT SaRuMaN's Suelo Montana proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save PreZiDenT SaRuMaN from getting a goal against them. Suelo Montana made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luis Figo in the 23rd minute. A collision led to PreZiDenT SaRuMaN getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Neşat Hazar hit a great ball. In the 28th minute, Luis Figo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ardahan Çetin in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Menderes Hikmet saved Gothic Souls from getting behind. The PreZiDenT SaRuMaN fans' excitement grew in the 32nd match minute when PreZiDenT SaRuMaN's Ardahan Çetin looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Menderes Hikmet came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by PreZiDenT SaRuMaN's Ardahan Çetin. But to his dismay, Ardahan Çetin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Menderes Hikmet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ardahan Çetin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luis Figo got free with Suelo Montana in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The wind increased when Ardahan Çetin made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Figo in the 57th minute of play forced PreZiDenT SaRuMaN's goalkeeper Suelo Montana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luis Figo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 61st minute Luis Figo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Suelo Montana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Gothic Souls's goalkeeper Menderes Hikmet, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Suelo Montana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Figo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 77 minutes into the match, Gothic Souls's goalkeeper Menderes Hikmet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ardahan Çetin. Menderes Hikmet was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ardahan Çetin showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 80 minute of play. When Bahadır Yastıkcığlu fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gothic Souls's protests and gave Bahadır Yastıkcığlu a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of PreZiDenT SaRuMaN booed when Gothic Souls was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bahadır Yastıkcığlu didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, PreZiDenT SaRuMaN's Mehmet Arif Dadaloğlu tried to score from far away in the 92nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Luis Figo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Suelo Montana was relentless in the 95th minute of the game.