Friendly League

Arena Viola
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kuuno Tälli kicked off to start the match. Cihan Zafer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stig-Åke Gabrielsson in the 2nd minute of play. Cihan Zafer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kuuno Tälli in the 4th minute of the match. 6 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goalkeeper Cihan Zafer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stig-Åke Gabrielsson. Through an outstanding action, after 11 minutes, Cihan Zafer successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. With a little luck, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Cihan Zafer got control of the ball when Mario Jakobe tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stig-Åke Gabrielsson got free with Cihan Zafer in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Henk Veerman fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s protests and gave Henk Veerman a yellow card for diving instead. Henk Veerman kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mario Jakobe got free with Cihan Zafer in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Özbek Karahan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cihan Zafer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stig-Åke Gabrielsson in the 26th minute. 29 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goalkeeper Cihan Zafer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mario Jakobe. With his leg Cihan Zafer managed to avoid a goal in the 29thth minute, when Viola Invest's Mario Jakobe fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 36 minutes in the game Jairo Hodei did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kuuno Tälli. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Henk Veerman managed to get in a good position for a shot. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s supporters rose to their feet, but Henk Veerman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dumitru Doloman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Dumitru Doloman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henk Veerman in the 39th minute of play. After 41 minutes, Jairo Hodei mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Viola Invest and the ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► players grew even worse after the yellow card. Dumitru Doloman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henk Veerman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stig-Åke Gabrielsson in the 45th minute of play forced ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goalkeeper Cihan Zafer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cihan Zafer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kuuno Tälli in the 46th minute of play. It was a well-played corner which Jarl Malm managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Henk Veerman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Kuuno Tälli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cihan Zafer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dumitru Doloman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henk Veerman in the 58th minute of play. A collision led to ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Corné van Basten hit a great ball. Henk Veerman scored 0-1 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dumitru Doloman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Gavril Anghelescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cihan Zafer was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. In the 67th minute, Henk Veerman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Mustafa Yaşar Recai was substituted for Özbek Karahan. If Henk Veerman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► made a substitution. Hasan Bağış replaced Caroll Baskin. Cihan Zafer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jakub Jazowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakub Jazowski in the 85th minute of play forced ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goalkeeper Cihan Zafer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Viola Invest's Stig-Åke Gabrielsson got a free kick in the 87th minute. When ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Henk Veerman in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Viola Invest's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Henk Veerman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dumitru Doloman was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. In the 95th minute ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► were awarded a corner. Anton Scheupach went to the cornerflag to take it. Cihan Zafer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kuuno Tälli, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.