Friendly League

ARENA MINEIRA
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Erkin Cangiray started the match with the kick off. Gazi Açıkgün came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by COURO COME FC's Hélio Furtado. But to his dismay, Hélio Furtado quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Arın Serkut hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. José Maria Pontes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from John Wick, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. A collision led to COURO COME FC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Hélio Furtado hit a great ball. José Maria Pontes came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Erkin Cangiray. But to his dismay, Erkin Cangiray quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Luiz Fernando Severo's late challenge caught a ÜSTEĞMEN FK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luiz Fernando Severo helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to COURO COME FC getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Luiz Fernando Severo hit a great ball. 28 minutes into the game, Mithat Yasin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ÜSTEĞMEN FK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave COURO COME FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Mithat Yasin got a free kick in the 28th minute. Seyit Çavuş kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bata Palma in the 34th minute of play forced ÜSTEĞMEN FK's goalkeeper Gazi Açıkgün to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nando Ceresso got free with Gazi Açıkgün in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 37 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goal looked a bit too open when Süleyman Soyselçuk came free, but José Maria Pontes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to COURO COME FC getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Luiz Fernando Severo hit a great ball. Gazi Açıkgün showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nando Ceresso in the 42nd minute of the match. 45 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goal looked a bit too open when Erkin Cangiray came free, but José Maria Pontes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute, Erkin Cangiray left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ÜSTEĞMEN FK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ulisses da Mata to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to ÜSTEĞMEN FK getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Seyit Çavuş hit a great ball. In the 52nd match minute, ÜSTEĞMEN FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mithat Yasin to maneuver through the defense. In the 55th minute, ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Arın Serkut dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. 59 minutes into the match, Nando Ceresso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gazi Açıkgün. ÜSTEĞMEN FK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nando Ceresso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when John Wick got free with José Maria Pontes in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erkin Cangiray in the 66th minute of play forced COURO COME FC's goalkeeper José Maria Pontes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gazi Açıkgün came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by COURO COME FC's Nando Ceresso. But to his dismay, Nando Ceresso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. 74 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goal looked a bit too open when John Wick came free, but José Maria Pontes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Süleyman Soyselçuk put it in 3-4 from a short distance just to the right of José Maria Pontes. José Maria Pontes was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but John Wick showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-5 in the 79 minute of play. COURO COME FC made a substitution. César Vinhas replaced Luiz Fernando Severo. After 84 played minutes ÜSTEĞMEN FK got a freekick which was hit by Arın Serkut. In the 87th minute John Wick shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Maria Pontes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arın Serkut could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but José Maria Pontes made a huge save. COURO COME FC made a substitution. Duarte Mineiro replaced Emirhan Sultani. John Wick received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. José Maria Pontes came out and tried to block the shot, but John Wick slotted it home off the left post making it 4-6 in the 95th minute. The ÜSTEĞMEN FK players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.