U23 League

Inonu Stadium
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dries Mertens made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, Dries Mertens had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Halil İbrahim Kongar. Aces F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dries Mertens was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The supporters of Aces F.C booed when Yaman Academy® was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Necati Temizalp didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Birol Algın came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Aces F.C 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 Birol Algın couldn't finish the play. 12 minutes into the match, Yaman Academy®'s goalkeeper Aristides Orzaize had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aytuğ Toköz. Yaman Academy®'s Aristides Orzaize proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Yaman Academy® from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dries Mertens in the 21st minute of play forced Aces F.C's goalkeeper Halil İbrahim Kongar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute, Dries Mertens left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Yaman Academy® fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Aristides Orzaize showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mirza Soyselçuk in the 26th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Dries Mertens put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Halil İbrahim Kongar. 33 minutes in the game Utku İçten did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Mirza Soyselçuk. In the 34th minute Ruben Spaan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Halil İbrahim Kongar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Enrico Testa fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Yaman Academy®'s protests and gave Enrico Testa a yellow card for diving instead. The Aces F.C players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Yaman Academy® were winning 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aytuğ Toköz was the one to do the kick off. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Theo Hernández took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Halil İbrahim Kongar to make any attempt to save it. Aytuğ Toköz kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. The supporters of Yaman Academy® booed when Aces F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Utku İçten didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dries Mertens in the 69th minute of play forced Aces F.C's goalkeeper Halil İbrahim Kongar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th play minute Necati Temizalp came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Halil İbrahim Kongar. 0-5. After 78 played minutes Yaman Academy® got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Turan Yağıztekin. In the 81st minute Aces F.C were awarded a corner. Aykan Özaltın went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Aces F.C's Mirza Soyselçuk getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Aces F.C's Halil İbrahim Kongar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dries Mertens in the 88th minute of play. Halil İbrahim Kongar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dries Mertens, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Aces F.C's Halil İbrahim Kongar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Aces F.C from getting a goal against them. After 93 minutes of play, Yaman Academy®'s Dries Mertens made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Halil İbrahim Kongar was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match was over Yaman Academy® could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Aces F.C throughout the match.