U18 League

Los Valientes Arena
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Şerafettin Ilgın got the match started through his kick off. After 4 minutes, Metehan İrfan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the istanbulls and the Los Valientes players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Los Valientes booed when istanbulls was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Metehan İrfan didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 8th minute, Öztürk Enbiya hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vacid Oksu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Battal Cüneyt Zahir in the 12th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Battal Cüneyt Zahir left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The istanbulls fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Orhun Bozoğluer hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. In the 24th match minute, istanbulls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Battal Cüneyt Zahir to maneuver through the defense. Hüsrev Can made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Taha Sağun sent off a good shot on target. If Şerafettin Ilgın had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Los Valientes's Öztürk Enbiya shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 34th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Hüsrev Can but with some difficulty. A collision led to Los Valientes getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Erdinç İkbal hit a great ball. Hüsmen Soyurgal kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. In the 44th match minute, Los Valientes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mehmet Hamdi Satılmış to maneuver through the defense. When Battal Cüneyt Zahir was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 45 minutes had been played. Battal Cüneyt Zahir hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. İsmail Hakkı Mahşer hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Erdinç İkbal hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Vacid Oksu made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Hüsmen Soyurgal sent off a good shot on target. After 71 minutes, Mehmet Bedri Rüştü mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Valientes and the istanbulls players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 71st minute, Mehmet Bedri Rüştü hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. İsmail Hakkı Mahşer hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Ant Sabancı charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ant Sabancı the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 79th minute, Ant Sabancı hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Ant Sabancı's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vacid Oksu was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Hüsmen Soyurgal hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched istanbulls eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.