Friendly League

Ş. PÖH ERHAN KONUK
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) KOCAELİSPOR's Refugio Pagan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Tayfur Muhlis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mbaka Mbolu's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. In the 16th minute Mbaka Mbolu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tayfur Muhlis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. POZANTI SPOR's Tayfur Muhlis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mbaka Mbolu in the 17th minute of play. After having played for 24 minutes, Claudio Delgadillo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. KOCAELİSPOR's supporters crossed their fingers, but Claudio Delgadillo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 27th minute, Refugio Pagan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KOCAELİSPOR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 31st minute, Mbaka Mbolu made a precise shot to the right of Tayfur Muhlis. POZANTI SPOR's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Tayfur Muhlis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aykut Nadi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tayfur Muhlis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aykut Nadi in the 34th minute of the match. In the 36th minute Mbaka Mbolu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tayfur Muhlis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tayfur Muhlis came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by KOCAELİSPOR's Mbaka Mbolu. But to his dismay, Mbaka Mbolu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Tayfur Muhlis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mbaka Mbolu in the 40th minute of play. Refugio Pagan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tayfur Muhlis having to interfere. After 43 minutes of play, KOCAELİSPOR's Refugio Pagan made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tayfur Muhlis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mbaka Mbolu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tayfur Muhlis having to make a save. Romeo Bâru kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dursun Yılğıralp to make the kick off. Tayfur Muhlis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aykut Nadi went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. In the 57th minute, Mbaka Mbolu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KOCAELİSPOR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. Tayfur Muhlis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Refugio Pagan in the 62nd minute. In the 69th minute of the match, Refugio Pagan got a very nice opportunity to score, but Tayfur Muhlis was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Tayfur Muhlis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Refugio Pagan in the 70th minute. When Behram Çubukcu fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored POZANTI SPOR's protests and gave Behram Çubukcu a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of KOCAELİSPOR booed when POZANTI SPOR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Behram Çubukcu didn't get a good kick on the ball. KOCAELİSPOR made a substitution. Kubilay Gündeş replaced Rafet Hazin. A collision led to POZANTI SPOR getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Behram Çubukcu hit a great ball. Tayfur Muhlis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mbaka Mbolu went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. 81 minutes into the match, POZANTI SPOR's goal looked a bit too open when Aykut Nadi came free, but Tayfur Muhlis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Şemsettin Tuyuğ made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mattias Claudinger in the 85th minute of play. Refugio Pagan hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. In the 88th minute, Refugio Pagan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Çelikan Unan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91st minute Mbaka Mbolu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tayfur Muhlis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 93 minutes POZANTI SPOR's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ahmet Orhan Bakırcı who took care of the corner kick.