U18 League

Isparta Atatürk
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) ISPARTASPOR U21's Çakır Serir got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. KOCAELİSPOR's Arif Burak Çimen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mitch Batshuayi in the 5th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Víctor Osimhen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. 11 minutes into the match, ISPARTASPOR U21's goal looked a bit too open when Cumali Aktaç came free, but Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute of the match KOCAELİSPOR got a corner. ISPARTASPOR U21's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Zekai Hallaç ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Zekai Hallaç almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ISPARTASPOR U21's Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu did a great save. ISPARTASPOR U21's Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cumali Aktaç in the 15th minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 16 minutes into the game, when Arslan Kamran put in a rough tackle. After 16 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for KOCAELİSPOR! 22 minutes into the match, ISPARTASPOR U21's goal looked a bit too open when Víctor Osimhen came free, but Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 24th minute Şeray Özgenay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arif Burak Çimen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by KOCAELİSPOR's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gökmen Ünal was slow to take the kick. During this time ISPARTASPOR U21's players had a chance to rest. ISPARTASPOR U21's Gökmen Ünal was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Arif Burak Çimen in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to ISPARTASPOR U21 getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Mitch Batshuayi hit a great ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 34 minutes into the game, when Gökmen Ünal put in a rough tackle. In the 35th minute, Gökmen Ünal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zekai Hallaç in the 36th minute of play forced ISPARTASPOR U21's goalkeeper Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Víctor Osimhen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu having to interfere. The supporters of KOCAELİSPOR booed when ISPARTASPOR U21 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. İlkan Yaren didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Şeray Özgenay was the one to do the kick off. ISPARTASPOR U21's Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cumali Aktaç in the 50th minute of play. After a rather tough play, KOCAELİSPOR's Halis Tuncaral got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Arif Burak Çimen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferdi Kadıoğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gürhan Hadi in the 57th minute of play forced KOCAELİSPOR's goalkeeper Arif Burak Çimen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute Ahmet Arif Durak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arif Burak Çimen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Şeray Özgenay, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 65 minutes into the match, ISPARTASPOR U21's goalkeeper Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Víctor Osimhen. Ferdi Kadıoğlu kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. After 67 played minutes ISPARTASPOR U21 got a freekick which was hit by Ferdi Kadıoğlu. In the 68th minute Víctor Osimhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Víctor Osimhen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Víctor Osimhen in the 75th minute of the match. Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Víctor Osimhen in the 76th minute of play. In the 82nd match minute, ISPARTASPOR U21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enginsu Özmen to maneuver through the defense. KOCAELİSPOR's Zafer Gümüşcü was substituted for Halis Tuncaral. In the 84th minute, Enginsu Özmen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Víctor Osimhen's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 91stth minute, Ahmet Vefik İlhanoğlu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 93 minutes into the game, Şeray Özgenay cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Arif Burak Çimen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. KOCAELİSPOR's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.