Friendly League

Jan Breydel stadion
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tony Henderickx kicked off to start the match. FC Bruges's Tony Van Der Weghen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hamdi Çolak in the 3rd minute of play. Tony Van Der Weghen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karahan Yanal, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hamdi Çolak in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tony Van Der Weghen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 13th minute Karahan Yanal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Van Der Weghen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 14th match minute, FC Bruges was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gregorie Van Beersel to maneuver through the defense. Tony Van Der Weghen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karahan Yanal in the 16th minute of play. After 17 minutes of play, Andırın SK's Tugay Afgan made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tony Van Der Weghen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tony Van Der Weghen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hamdi Çolak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Andırın SK's Bekir Tarık got a free kick in the 21st minute. If Tony Henderickx had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Benoit Elzen hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute, Karahan Yanal 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. After 28 minutes of play, Andırın SK's Karahan Yanal made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tony Van Der Weghen was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 35th match minute, Andırın SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by İsmail Akyol to maneuver through the defense. Tugay Afgan scored 0-3 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tony Van Der Weghen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 46 minutes into the match, FC Bruges's goal looked a bit too open when Karahan Yanal came free, but Tony Van Der Weghen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hamdi Çolak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tony Van Der Weghen having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Karahan Yanal made a kick off. When Celal Engiay came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Andırın SK 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 Celal Engiay couldn't finish the play. Tony Van Der Weghen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tugay Afgan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 57 minutes FC Bruges's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bekir Tarık who took care of the corner kick. A very nice done corner allowed Karahan Yanal to score against Tony Van Der Weghen in FC Bruges's goal. 0-4 after 58 minutes. Karahan Yanal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Tony Van Der Weghen made a huge save. Naci Talha came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Bruges's Tony Henderickx. But to his dismay, Tony Henderickx quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. 74 minutes into the match, FC Bruges's goal looked a bit too open when Tugay Afgan came free, but Tony Van Der Weghen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tugay Afgan hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Hamdi Çolak received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tony Van Der Weghen came out and tried to block the shot, but Hamdi Çolak slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 83rd minute. In the 88th minute Karahan Yanal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Van Der Weghen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 89 minutes, Herman Bormans mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Bruges and the Andırın SK players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 89th match minute, FC Bruges was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Herman Bormans to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karahan Yanal got free with Tony Van Der Weghen in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. FC Bruges's Tony Van Der Weghen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tugay Afgan in the 92nd minute of play. Tony Van Der Weghen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karahan Yanal in the 94th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karahan Yanal in the 96th minute of play forced FC Bruges's goalkeeper Tony Van Der Weghen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The FC Bruges fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Andırın SK were clearly better and deserved to take the win.