Friendly League

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Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dan Åkesson made the kick off which started today's match. Kurt Tham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hurşit Ayana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Galatasaray GS getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Leif Smitt hit a great ball. Kurt Tham didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hurşit Ayana went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Galatasaray GS defense, Hurşit Ayana kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kurt Tham. The Galatasaray GS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kurt Tham should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karahan Başsoy in the 18th minute of play forced Galatasaray GS's goalkeeper Kurt Tham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bo Tinglöv recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 23 minutes into the match, Beşiktaş's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Åkesson came free, but Mehmet Anıl Sayhan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kurt Tham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hurşit Ayana in the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th match minute, Beşiktaş was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yetkin Uğurlubey to maneuver through the defense. 31 minutes into the match, Ferman İleri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kurt Tham. Galatasaray GS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ferman İleri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bo Tinglöv got free with Mehmet Anıl Sayhan in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferman İleri in the 36th minute of play forced Galatasaray GS's goalkeeper Kurt Tham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th match minute, Galatasaray GS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dan Åkesson to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hurşit Ayana in the 38th minute of play forced Galatasaray GS's goalkeeper Kurt Tham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kurt Tham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferman İleri in the 39th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferman İleri in the 46th minute of play forced Galatasaray GS's goalkeeper Kurt Tham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Karahan Başsoy was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Beşiktaş's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Åkesson came free, but Mehmet Anıl Sayhan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, Galatasaray GS's goal looked a bit too open when Aygün Şanlı came free, but Kurt Tham reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 61 minutes in the game, Hurşit Ayana fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Kurt Tham having to interfere. In the 61stth minute of the game Hurşit Ayana who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Galatasaray GS's Kurt Tham was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Galatasaray GS's Thor Kellman got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Karahan Başsoy took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kurt Tham. Kurt Tham dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. Kurt Tham made an important save on a dangerous shot by Karahan Başsoy in the 66th minute. Leif Smitt kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Kurt Tham made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aygün Şanlı in the 68th minute. Karahan Başsoy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Kurt Tham made a huge save. In the 76th match minute, Galatasaray GS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tord Ingemarsson to maneuver through the defense. In the 78th minute, Beşiktaş's Hurşit Ayana ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kurt Tham. Kurt Tham yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-7. Kurt Tham was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ferman İleri showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-8 in the 81 minute of play. When Beşiktaş's Hurşit Ayana in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Galatasaray GS's goalie prevented a goal. After some careless play in the Galatasaray GS defense, Karahan Başsoy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kurt Tham. The Galatasaray GS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kurt Tham should have stopped the shot. 91 minutes into the game, Hurşit Ayana recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Kurt Tham. Hurşit Ayana showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-10. Aktan Halıcı kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Beşiktaş left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Galatasaray GS.