Friendly League

Lions Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Lions Of Turks's Bogumil Pochorylo 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. In the 3rd minute, Ye Chuan Chen 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. Lions Of Turks's Cengiz Bozbey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ye Chuan Chen in the 5th minute of play. Mbaka Mbolu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cengiz Bozbey having to make a save. Cengiz Bozbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mbaka Mbolu in the 7th minute of the match. Aykut Nadi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 20th minute Fiori Britto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cengiz Bozbey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Mbaka Mbolu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Cengiz Bozbey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mbaka Mbolu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute, Mbaka Mbolu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cengiz Bozbey was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Lions Of Turks's Cengiz Bozbey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aykut Nadi in the 27th minute of play. KOCAELİSPOR's Aykut Nadi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Cengiz Bozbey in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Mbaka Mbolu scored 0-2 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cengiz Bozbey, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 33 minutes into the match, KOCAELİSPOR's Mbaka Mbolu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cengiz Bozbey narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 35 minutes Lions Of Turks'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. Lions Of Turks's Cengiz Bozbey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mbaka Mbolu in the 36th minute of play. Çetin Özdoru kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mbaka Mbolu in the 40th minute of play forced Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Cengiz Bozbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mbaka Mbolu scored 0-3 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cengiz Bozbey, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Lions Of Turks's zone, Mbaka Mbolu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cengiz Bozbey came out of the goal and Mbaka Mbolu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Şemsettin Tuyuğ showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bogumil Pochorylo in the 47th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mbaka Mbolu to make the kick off. Cengiz Bozbey made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mbaka Mbolu in the 53rd minute. Mbaka Mbolus short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Cengiz Bozbey to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 57th minute KOCAELİSPOR were awarded a corner. Ahmet Orhan Bakırcı went to the cornerflag to take it. Romeo Bâru was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Cengiz Bozbey made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Mbaka Mbolu sent off a good shot on target. If Ediz Tekdoğan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. KOCAELİSPOR's Rafet Hazin was substituted for Ediz Tekdoğan. Mbaka Mbolu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Cengiz Bozbey tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mbaka Mbolu in the 69th minute of play forced Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Cengiz Bozbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mbaka Mbolu scored 0-5 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cengiz Bozbey, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bogumil Pochorylo hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. With an all-out effort, KOCAELİSPOR's Cengiz Bozbey threw himself towards the right post 80 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Mbaka Mbolu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 82nd minute, KOCAELİSPOR's Mbaka Mbolu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cengiz Bozbey. Cengiz Bozbey yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-6. Cengiz Bozbey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aykut Nadi, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 90th match minute, Lions Of Turks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arif Burak Erengüç to maneuver through the defense. Cengiz Bozbey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Refugio Pagan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cengiz Bozbey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Refugio Pagan in the 94th minute of play. Refugio Pagan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Cengiz Bozbey made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Refugio Pagan put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Cengiz Bozbey. When the match was over KOCAELİSPOR could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lions Of Turks throughout the match.