U18 League

Red Khagan
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) When Gothic Souls's Nizam Kutlay, in the 4th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Gothic Souls. 7 minutes into the game, Gothic Souls's Lütfü Üner nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sabit Oran made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Menderes Hikmet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abuzer Ergümen in the 11th minute of the match. If Nizam Kutlay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 21st minute, Lütfü Üner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Abdulkerim Elmacı came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the RED KHAGAN fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Abdulkerim Elmacı couldn't finish the play. Sabit Oran came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Gothic Souls's Beşir Bozok. But to his dismay, Beşir Bozok quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 39 minutes into the game, Gothic Souls's Nizam Kutlay nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sabit Oran made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 42nd match minute, Gothic Souls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Umut Parsbay to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Poyraz Suyurgal in the 45th minute of play forced RED KHAGAN's goalkeeper Sabit Oran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 46 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Nizam Kutlay sped through RED KHAGAN's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sabit Oran. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Seyhun Sabi made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to RED KHAGAN getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Abdulkerim Elmacı hit a great ball. Poyraz Suyurgal took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sabit Oran. Sabit Oran dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Through an outstanding action, after 77 minutes, Sabit Oran successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Sabit Oran made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lütfü Üner in the 80th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nizam Kutlay in the 81st minute of play forced RED KHAGAN's goalkeeper Sabit Oran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Seyhun Sabi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 88 minutes into the game, Lütfü Üner was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gothic Souls's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave RED KHAGAN the free kick. After a rather tough play, Gothic Souls's Lütfü Üner got a free kick in the 88th minute. 94 minutes into the match, Poyraz Suyurgal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sabit Oran. RED KHAGAN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Poyraz Suyurgal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. When the match was over Gothic Souls could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than RED KHAGAN throughout the match.