Friendly League

VAC Arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Chris Cadwallader made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6thth minute of the game Barlas Göçer who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but K. Beerschot VAC's Stefan Gunn was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Engin Nurkan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stefan Gunn. K. Beerschot VAC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Engin Nurkan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Stefan Gunn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Engin Nurkan in the 12th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Beşiktaş's zone, Travis Beckwith stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Batuğ Taşkesen came out of the goal and Travis Beckwith tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 19th match minute, K. Beerschot VAC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rod Hartshorn to maneuver through the defense. In the 27th minute Rodd Soussan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Batuğ Taşkesen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Batuğ Taşkesen came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by K. Beerschot VAC's Travis Beckwith. But to his dismay, Travis Beckwith quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. If Aysan Osman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Beşiktaş's Engin Nurkan got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 42 minutes into the match, K. Beerschot VAC's goal looked a bit too open when Engin Nurkan came free, but Stefan Gunn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Travis Beckwith fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Batuğ Taşkesen having to interfere. Rodd Soussan's late challenge caught a Beşiktaş's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rodd Soussan helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Beşiktaş booed when K. Beerschot VAC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodd Soussan didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Barlas Göçer got free with Stefan Gunn in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. K. Beerschot VAC's Stefan Gunn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Engin Nurkan in the 54th minute of play. Engin Nurkan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Engin Nurkan in the 60th minute of play forced K. Beerschot VAC's goalkeeper Stefan Gunn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 62 minutes of play, K. Beerschot VAC's Chris Cadwallader made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Batuğ Taşkesen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Chris Cadwallader sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sungurhan Kayrahan kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Chris Cadwallader made a precise shot to the right of Batuğ Taşkesen. Beşiktaş's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Beşiktaş's Batuğ Taşkesen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Travis Beckwith in the 71st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Barlas Göçer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Beşiktaş's supporters rose to their feet, but Barlas Göçer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stefan Gunn breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Engin Nurkan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Stefan Gunn. That made the score 3-2 in the 75 minute of play. In the 79th minute, Aysan Osman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 80 minutes into the match, Beşiktaş's goal looked a bit too open when Travis Beckwith came free, but Batuğ Taşkesen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute, Sungurhan Kayrahan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Chris Cadwallader came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the K. Beerschot VAC 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 Chris Cadwallader couldn't finish the play. Batuğ Taşkesen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chris Cadwallader, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Engin Nurkan took a quick shot and it went in 3-3 without a chance for Stefan Gunn to make any attempt to save it. Stefan Gunn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Engin Nurkan in the 94th minute of the match. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.