World League

Ali Sami Yen TTArena
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ümit Salik made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by F.C. KASABALI 45's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dorukhan Uran was slow to take the kick. During this time ErbaA KartaLı's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Alesandro Nesta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but F.C. KASABALI 45's Ertunç Uzalp did a great save. The corner ended in Ilgaz Azimoğlu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but F.C. KASABALI 45's Ertunç Uzalp did a great save. Ertunç Uzalp made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dorukhan Uran in the 10th minute of play. Ertunç Uzalp came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by ErbaA KartaLı's Serter Doğay. But to his dismay, Serter Doğay quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 16th match minute, ErbaA KartaLı was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kayhan Sacid to maneuver through the defense. Doğukan Tanbolat charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Doğukan Tanbolat the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to F.C. KASABALI 45 getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Doğukan Tanbolat hit a great ball. 21 minutes into the game, ErbaA KartaLı's Serter Doğay nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ertunç Uzalp made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After a rather tough play, F.C. KASABALI 45's Murathan Samih got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 31st minute Dorukhan Uran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ertunç Uzalp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 32 minutes into the game, Dorukhan Uran cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Ertunç Uzalp was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Serter Doğay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ertunç Uzalp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Serter Doğay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ertunç Uzalp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorukhan Uran in the 39th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Serter Doğay in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ertunç Uzalp saved F.C. KASABALI 45 from getting behind. After 47 played minutes ErbaA KartaLı got a freekick which was hit by Serter Doğay.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Serter Doğay to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as ErbaA KartaLı's Serter Doğay slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ertunç Uzalp. That made the score 0-5 after 55 minutes of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gaspar Vermudo during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 58th minute of the game. One of ErbaA KartaLı:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of F.C. KASABALI 45:s goal. ErbaA KartaLı:s Frank Fiori showed great skill when he stopped Ümit Salik:s penalty. 63 minutes into the game, Ulu Şensoy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-5. Frank Fiori was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 66 minutes into the match, F.C. KASABALI 45's goal looked a bit too open when Dorukhan Uran came free, but Ertunç Uzalp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 67 minutes of play, ErbaA KartaLı's Alesandro Nesta made it 1-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ertunç Uzalp was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ertunç Uzalp made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serter Doğay in the 70th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Serter Doğay in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ertunç Uzalp saved F.C. KASABALI 45 from getting behind. F.C. KASABALI 45's Ertunç Uzalp proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save F.C. KASABALI 45 from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Serter Doğay in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ertunç Uzalp prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 84th minute, Alesandro Nesta made a precise shot to the right of Ertunç Uzalp. F.C. KASABALI 45's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-8. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 87th minute of the game. One of F.C. KASABALI 45:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ErbaA KartaLı:s goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Dorukhan Uran managed to get in a good position for a shot. ErbaA KartaLı's supporters rose to their feet, but Dorukhan Uran was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ertunç Uzalp breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, F.C. KASABALI 45's Tayfun Eren got a free kick in the 94th minute. Frank Fiori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ümit Salik, who was totally free with the ball in the 99th minute. ErbaA KartaLı's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.