Friendly League

Florentino Perez
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Thomas Tritsonis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Real Etoliko CF getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Lazaros Katelis hit a great ball. Isidoros Baskakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Atıf Kıvılcım, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 12 played minutes ManCiTy got a freekick which was hit by Efekan Akyol. When Panos Simopoulos fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Real Etoliko CF's protests and gave Panos Simopoulos a yellow card for diving instead. 23 minutes into the match, Real Etoliko CF's goal looked a bit too open when Efekan Akyol came free, but Isidoros Baskakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Umur Özpulat hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Efekan Akyol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Isidoros Baskakis having to interfere. Isidoros Baskakis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Efekan Akyol went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Isidoros Baskakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aziz Atabek, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 38th match minute, Real Etoliko CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Panos Simopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Isidoros Baskakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lemi Günsel in the 39th minute of play. The supporters of Real Etoliko CF booed when ManCiTy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cihangir Cespan didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 42nd minute, Lazaros Katelis sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and ManCiTy's Orçun Yabgu didn't even have to move. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Efekan Akyol to make the kick off. Lazaros Katelis hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Isidoros Baskakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atıf Kıvılcım in the 53rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Real Etoliko CF's Demis Salmatanis got a free kick in the 53rd minute. After a rather tough play, Real Etoliko CF's Kyriakos Kyriakakoglou got a free kick in the 55th minute. Real Etoliko CF's Isidoros Baskakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Efekan Akyol in the 57th minute of play. Isidoros Baskakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Efekan Akyol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Atıf Kıvılcım's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 59thth minute, Isidoros Baskakis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Kyriakos Kyriakakoglou fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Real Etoliko CF's protests and gave Kyriakos Kyriakakoglou a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Real Etoliko CF's Kyriakos Kyriakakoglou got a free kick in the 60th minute. An unexpected shot in the 64th minute by Efekan Akyol got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 65th match minute, Real Etoliko CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paris Stilianopoulos to maneuver through the defense. In a very dangerous position, a player in Real Etoliko CF fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 68th minute. Penalty! In the 76th minute, Efekan Akyol reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Isidoros Baskakis. The goal made the score 0-5. Aziz Atabek's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Isidoros Baskakis firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 81st minute, ManCiTy's Atıf Kıvılcım ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Isidoros Baskakis. Isidoros Baskakis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-6. In the 84th minute, ManCiTy's Efekan Akyol ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Isidoros Baskakis. Isidoros Baskakis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. Aziz Atabek scored 0-8 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Isidoros Baskakis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 90 played minutes Real Etoliko CF got a freekick which was hit by Paris Stilianopoulos. ManCiTy's Aziz Atabek got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Real Etoliko CF's Isidoros Baskakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Atıf Kıvılcım in the 94th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Efekan Akyol in the 96th minute of play forced Real Etoliko CF's goalkeeper Isidoros Baskakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Isidoros Baskakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Efekan Akyol in the 99th minute of play. ManCiTy'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.