U18 League

EAGLE ARENA
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Reis Tunca made the kick off which started today's match. Utkan Erçivan's late challenge caught a istanbulls's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Utkan Erçivan helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of istanbulls booed when ÇALIMLI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Utkan Erçivan didn't get a good kick on the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Ali Özbilgin notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of istanbulls's Hüsrev Can. Hüsrev Can was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ant Sabancı who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 14thth minute tested the skills of Ertuğrul Rasi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Hayrullah İlkutay kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. If Ziya Serkut had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Saruhan Eker charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Saruhan Eker the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, istanbulls's Saruhan Eker got a free kick in the 34th minute. Saruhan Eker hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Şinasi Tuncer took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 36th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hüsrev Can. istanbulls's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ant Sabancı who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 37thth minute tested the skills of Ertuğrul Rasi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 39thth minute of the game Ant Sabancı who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ÇALIMLI's Ertuğrul Rasi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. istanbulls's Levent Baş got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. İsmail Hakkı Mahşer's late challenge caught a ÇALIMLI's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. İsmail Hakkı Mahşer helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to istanbulls getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. İsmail Hakkı Mahşer hit a great ball. A collision led to ÇALIMLI getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Ali Özbilgin hit a great ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ant Sabancı to make the kick off. Ertuğrul Rasi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ant Sabancı in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th minute, Ant Sabancı got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 62 minutes into the match, ÇALIMLI's goal looked a bit too open when Battal Cüneyt Zahir came free, but Ertuğrul Rasi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Berker Fırıncıoğlu's late challenge caught a istanbulls's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Berker Fırıncıoğlu helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of istanbulls booed when ÇALIMLI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reis Tunca didn't get a good kick on the ball. Utkan Erçivan was shown his second yellow card after 67 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of istanbulls booed when ÇALIMLI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Utkan Erçivan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hüsrev Can made an important save on a dangerous shot by Reis Tunca in the 71st minute. When the match clock showed 73 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Ant Sabancı sped through ÇALIMLI's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ertuğrul Rasi. Ali Özbilgin kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ant Sabancı's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ertuğrul Rasi was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Şinasi Tuncer kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ziya Serkut in the 84th minute of play forced ÇALIMLI's goalkeeper Ertuğrul Rasi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ant Sabancı sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 93 minutes into the game, istanbulls's Ant Sabancı nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ertuğrul Rasi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. istanbulls fully deserved thier win.