Friendly League

ATATÜRK STADI
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Meriç Özsen kicked off to start the match. Hayden Baker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Meriç Özsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. West Ham's Hayden Baker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save West Ham from getting a goal against them. Cláudio Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from J.C. Smith in the 14th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Friedrich Nietzsche in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hayden Baker saved West Ham from getting behind. After 17 minutes West Ham's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Berto Monta who took care of the corner kick. 18 minutes into the match, West Ham's goal looked a bit too open when Meriç Özsen came free, but Hayden Baker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hayden Baker made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Deivid De Souza sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Friedrich Nietzsche in the 21st minute of play forced West Ham's goalkeeper Hayden Baker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, AKÇEŞMESPOR's Deivid De Souza ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Hayden Baker. Hayden Baker yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Hayden Baker made an important save on a dangerous shot by Meriç Özsen in the 25th minute. AKÇEŞMESPOR's Meriç Özsen managed to work through West Ham's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Meriç Özsen dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Hayden Baker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Friedrich Nietzsche, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hayden Baker made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Meriç Özsen sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Meriç Özsen got free with Hayden Baker in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hayden Baker made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Meriç Özsen sent off a good shot on target. Hayden Baker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deivid De Souza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Severo Laurentzi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, West Ham's J.C. Smith got a free kick in the 42nd minute. J.C. Smith's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Cláudio Taffarel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 45th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Severo Laurentzi made a kick off. Hayden Baker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Meriç Özsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Friedrich Nietzsche in the 57th minute of play forced West Ham's goalkeeper Hayden Baker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, West Ham's Fabio Petruzzi got a free kick in the 58th minute. Hayden Baker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Friedrich Nietzsche in the 60th minute of the match. In the 60th minute, Friedrich Nietzsche ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hayden Baker was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Romeo Callery during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of AKÇEŞMESPOR booed when West Ham was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Romeo Callery didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 67th minute, Romeo Callery hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute, Deivid De Souza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AKÇEŞMESPOR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. West Ham's Hayden Baker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deivid De Souza in the 75th minute of play. After some careless play in the West Ham defense, Friedrich Nietzsche kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hayden Baker. The West Ham fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hayden Baker should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehmet Hakkı Suhan in the 81st minute of play forced West Ham's goalkeeper Hayden Baker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute Mehmet Hakkı Suhan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hayden Baker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 84th minute Friedrich Nietzsche shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hayden Baker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, West Ham's goal looked a bit too open when Deivid De Souza came free, but Hayden Baker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. AKÇEŞMESPOR's Berto Monta couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 89th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for West Ham. In the 94th minute, Friedrich Nietzsche ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hayden Baker was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. AKÇEŞMESPOR walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.