Friendly League

Pülümür Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Khairul Hee took the kick off in the first half of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Pülümür JK's Alişan Kutsalan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sean Keng. That made the score 1-0 after 2 minutes of play. After a defensive mix-up in Pülümür JK's zone, Zack Chai stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aybek Şavat came out of the goal and Zack Chai tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 13th minute, Amirul Teo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Alişan Kutsalan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sean Keng was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Stoke Poges's Alex Seng got a free kick in the 18th minute. Gürcan Sonalp's late challenge caught a Stoke Poges's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gürcan Sonalp helped the player get up and apologised. After 22 played minutes Pülümür JK got a freekick which was hit by Gürcan Sonalp. Khairul Hee scored 1-1 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aybek Şavat, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sean Keng was out of position in the 26 minute of play, and Alişan Kutsalan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alişan Kutsalan really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aşır Hekimbaşı during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Stoke Poges booed when Pülümür JK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aşır Hekimbaşı didn't get a good kick on the ball. 34 minutes into the match, Khairul Hee had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aybek Şavat. Pülümür JK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Khairul Hee was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Alex Seng's late challenge caught a Pülümür JK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alex Seng helped the player get up and apologised. After 37 played minutes Stoke Poges got a freekick which was hit by Alex Seng. Servet Hünerli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Sean Keng made a huge save. After 39 played minutes Pülümür JK got a freekick which was hit by Hakkı Devrim Revis. Zack Chai sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Stoke Poges's zone, Aşır Hekimbaşı stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sean Keng came out of the goal and Aşır Hekimbaşı tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

Sean Keng came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Pülümür JK's Alişan Kutsalan. But to his dismay, Alişan Kutsalan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Aybek Şavat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khairul Hee, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 4-2 became the score in the 58th minute when Alişan Kutsalan elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Aybek Şavat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zack Chai in the 62nd minute. The goalkeeper, Aybek Şavat, was totally fooled by Stoke Poges's Amirul Teo, who 68 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. If Zack Chai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Servet Hünerli might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sean Keng. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Servet Hünerli ran back to his position shaking his head. When Stoke Poges's Khairul Hee in the 79th minute got a chance for a shot 79th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pülümür JK's goalie prevented a goal. Servet Hünerli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Pülümür JK's Aybek Şavat got control of the ball when Zack Chai tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Pülümür JK getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Gürcan Sonalp hit a great ball. Pülümür JK's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.