Friendly League

Glossop
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Franz Clifton started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute AKÇEŞMESPOR were awarded a corner. Berto Monta went to the cornerflag to take it. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Albert Byshovets took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Cláudio Taffarel to make any attempt to save it. Meriç Özsen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Donny Rowell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Friedrich Nietzsche blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Donny Rowell having to make a save. Donny Rowell took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Meriç Özsen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 16 minutes into the match, Crystal Phallus's goal looked a bit too open when Deivid De Souza came free, but Donny Rowell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Meriç Özsen in the 19th minute of play forced Crystal Phallus's goalkeeper Donny Rowell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Crystal Phallus's goal looked a bit too open when Vitaliy Grischenko came free, but Donny Rowell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 25 minutes of play, AKÇEŞMESPOR's Friedrich Nietzsche made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Donny Rowell was left in no man's land by his defense there! Donny Rowell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Friedrich Nietzsche in the 30th minute of the match. Donny Rowell 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 35th minute. The audience was convinced that Friedrich Nietzsche's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Donny Rowell was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Cláudio Taffarel made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Franz Clifton sent off a good shot on target. Cláudio Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albert Byshovets, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Meriç Özsen to make the kick off. Cláudio Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franz Clifton in the 55th minute of play. After having played for 57 minutes, Friedrich Nietzsche managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AKÇEŞMESPOR's supporters crossed their fingers, but Friedrich Nietzsche was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 64 minutes into the match, Crystal Phallus's goalkeeper Donny Rowell had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Deivid De Souza. Donny Rowell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Friedrich Nietzsche, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Meriç Özsen got free with Donny Rowell in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 73 minutes into the match, Crystal Phallus's goal looked a bit too open when Friedrich Nietzsche came free, but Donny Rowell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Crystal Phallus defense, Mehmet Hakkı Suhan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Donny Rowell. The Crystal Phallus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Donny Rowell should have stopped the shot. After 88 played minutes Crystal Phallus got a freekick which was hit by Barry Reading. Donny Rowell made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Mehmet Hakkı Suhan sent off a good shot on target. Cláudio Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Noel Bush, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AKÇEŞMESPOR's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.