Friendly League

Wantage Park
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Beşir Bozdağ took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sharizan Hock's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Turan Coşan firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Atıf Oğuztüzün in the 5th minute of play forced Wantage United's goalkeeper Shukrie Hock to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 6 minutes, Turan Coşan successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Shukrie Hock showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beşir Bozdağ, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Jithu Ning received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Turan Coşan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hadi Abanoz in the 17th minute of play forced Wantage United's goalkeeper Shukrie Hock to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ali Atıf Oğuztüzün took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Shukrie Hock. Shukrie Hock dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Zafran Singh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Turan Coşan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Jithu Ning had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Shukrie Hock showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Besim Kutsalan in the 24th minute of the match. After having played for 29 minutes, Sharizan Hock managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Wantage United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sharizan Hock was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Zafran Singh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Besim Kutsalan scored 0-3 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Shukrie Hock, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 41st minute, Lamar Mathews made a precise shot to the right of Turan Coşan. Karpuzlu's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. In the 44th minute, Lamar Mathews got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lamar Mathews was the one to do the kick off. Turan Coşan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sharizan Hock, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Wantage United's Zafran Singh in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Karpuzlu's goalie prevented a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Karpuzlu's zone, Zafran Singh stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Turan Coşan came out of the goal and Zafran Singh tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Shukrie Hock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hadi Abanoz in the 77th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Hadi Abanoz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Shukrie Hock was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. After 80 minutes of play, Karpuzlu's Ali Atıf Oğuztüzün made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Shukrie Hock was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jithu Ning kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Shukrie Hock showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beşir Bozdağ, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. The supporters of Wantage United booed when Karpuzlu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ali Atıf Oğuztüzün didn't get a good kick on the ball. Turan Coşan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zafran Singh in the 86th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Beşir Bozdağ dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Shukrie Hock, 1-7.