Friendly League

Smolenice City Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Iván Sotomayor took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bektaş Sayrak in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Matej Bohuš saved FC Smolenice from getting behind. Iván Sotomayor's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Kazım Kuthan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bektaş Sayrak in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Matej Bohuš prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kazım Kuthan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ján Krempašský in the 17th minute of the match. Ján Krempašský fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kazım Kuthan having to interfere. 22 minutes into the match, ZorlaGeldik's goalkeeper Kazım Kuthan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ján Krempašský. Iván Sotomayor's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 27thth minute, Kazım Kuthan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Bektaş Sayrak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matej Bohuš having to interfere. Iván Sotomayor's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 36thth minute, Kazım Kuthan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. FC Smolenice's Iván Sotomayor got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iván Sotomayor in the 40th minute of play forced ZorlaGeldik's goalkeeper Kazım Kuthan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Smolenice's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jonas Ekelund in the 44th minute. The corner led FC Smolenice's Róbert Ujlacký to fire away a dangerous shot which Kazım Kuthan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Kazım Kuthan made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Iván Sotomayor sent off a good shot on target. Yılmaz Haksever recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bektaş Sayrak to make the kick off. After having played for 56 minutes, Hilmi Koytan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ZorlaGeldik's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hilmi Koytan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC Smolenice's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jonas Ekelund in the 59th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Iván Sotomayor in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kazım Kuthan saved ZorlaGeldik from getting behind. After a rather tough play, ZorlaGeldik's Alemdar Usare got a free kick in the 63rd minute. When Michal Pachl came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the FC Smolenice fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Michal Pachl couldn't finish the play. FC Smolenice's Matej Bohuš played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yılmaz Haksever in the 65th minute of play. With a little luck, FC Smolenice's Matej Bohuš got control of the ball when Kamber Hünkar tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 72nd minute Hilmi Koytan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matej Bohuš saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 76 played minutes FC Smolenice got a freekick which was hit by Michal Pachl. 78 minutes into the match, ZorlaGeldik's goal looked a bit too open when Ján Krempašský came free, but Kazım Kuthan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hilmi Koytan came free with the goalkeeper in the 81st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Matej Bohuš could save by the left post. In the 83rd minute ZorlaGeldik were awarded a corner. Abdulbaki Korkut went to the cornerflag to take it. FC Smolenice's Michal Pachl got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. FC Smolenice were victorious despite being under pressure from ZorlaGeldik for much of the match.