Friendly League

Cino e Lillo Del Duc
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Chesney Jobson took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to AFC Ascoli getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Jo Furlong hit a great ball. If Fareed Hosny had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chesney Jobson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Salah Nagy came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Kocaelispor 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 Salah Nagy couldn't finish the play. Dale Tompkins didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Salah Nagy went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 21st minute, Taimour Thabit hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chesney Jobson did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Mounir El-Shater 23 minutes into the match. Kristian Topham sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 27th minute, Chesney Jobson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mounir El-Shater. The goal made the score 2-1. After 32 played minutes Kocaelispor got a freekick which was hit by Abdou Hatem. In the 34th minute, Chesney Jobson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mounir El-Shater. The goal made the score 3-1. Taimour Thabit took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dale Tompkins. Dale Tompkins dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Abdou Hatem hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Salah Nagy to strike the kick off in the second half. After 54 minutes, Dom Cunningham mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AFC Ascoli and the Kocaelispor players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Kocaelispor booed when AFC Ascoli was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dom Cunningham didn't get a good kick on the ball. 58 minutes into the game, Aino Ramez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kocaelispor's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave AFC Ascoli the free kick. After 58 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Kocaelispor! In the 69th minute, Jo Furlong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kristian Topham fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mounir El-Shater having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chesney Jobson in the 78th minute of play forced Kocaelispor's goalkeeper Mounir El-Shater to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 5-2 became the score in the 81st minute when Kristian Topham elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 86th minute, Christopher Groom hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 87 minutes into the match, AFC Ascoli's goalkeeper Dale Tompkins had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fareed Hosny. Mounir El-Shater took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chesney Jobson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.