League

Melbourne Park
Spectators: 9203 (Terracing: 6904, Seating: 2116, VIP seats: 183) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Haşmet Aktekin took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 5 minutes, Rex Wenham mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the quit good luck and the Perth Glory players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th minute there was a penalty for Perth Glory. Kasım Bakkalbaşıoğlu stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Rudy Gummow. 0-1. Oliver Aliendi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 12th match minute, quit good luck was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thomas Diehl to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind quit good luck's goalkeeper Rudy Gummow, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rudy Gummow showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haşmet Aktekin in the 14th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Brook Yard during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 17 played minutes quit good luck got a freekick which was hit by Brook Yard. The audience was convinced that Oliver Aliendi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rudy Gummow was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Oliver Aliendi might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rudy Gummow. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Oliver Aliendi ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, quit good luck's Brendan Rennie got a free kick in the 28th minute. Rudy Gummow showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haşmet Aktekin in the 32nd minute of the match. Haşmet Aktekin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rudy Gummow having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Oliver Aliendi put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Rudy Gummow. 41 minutes into the match, Perth Glory's goalkeeper Jaffery Hayward had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Brook Yard. In the 43rdth minute of the game Haşmet Aktekin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but quit good luck's Rudy Gummow was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Oliver Aliendi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rudy Gummow having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 53rd minute Haşmet Aktekin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rudy Gummow saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Haşmet Aktekin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rudy Gummow came out and tried to block the shot, but Haşmet Aktekin slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 59th minute. Brendan Rennie might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jaffery Hayward. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Brendan Rennie ran back to his position shaking his head. Oliver Aliendi might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rudy Gummow. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Oliver Aliendi ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 68th minute, Haşmet Aktekin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rudy Gummow was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. After a rather tough play, quit good luck's Brook Yard got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Haşmet Aktekin struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Rudy Gummow didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Perth Glory. After 77 played minutes quit good luck got a freekick which was hit by Brook Yard. In the 79th minute, Brook Yard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oliver Aliendi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rudy Gummow having to interfere. Rudy Gummow made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Haşmet Aktekin in the 84th minute of play. Jasmine Kuch received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Jaffery Hayward tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Perth Glory's Rudy Letsch got a free kick in the 87th minute. In the 92nd minute, the referee gave Perth Glory a penalty. Kasım Bakkalbaşıoğlu looked confident and blasted the ball into goal by the left post, totally unstoppable for Rudy Gummow. If Cheng Qi Hao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Haşmet Aktekin in the 97th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rudy Gummow saved quit good luck from getting behind. When the match was over Perth Glory could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than quit good luck throughout the match.