U21 League

CAN ERZURUM ARENA
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nicolas Anelka made the kick off which started today's match. After having played for 3 minutes, Zühtü Sualp managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CAN ERZURUM's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zühtü Sualp was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ahmet Demirdelen's late challenge caught a CAN ERZURUM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ahmet Demirdelen helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Ahmet Demirdelen got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 9th minute Nicolas Anelka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adem El Abidine Ben Ali saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s attentive Ahmet Demirdelen managed to snatch the ball when Halis Özbilen made a throw-in in the 12th minute of the game. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Anelka, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Bilgin Yenisey could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Ceyhun Mennan made a huge save. When ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CAN ERZURUM's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, CAN ERZURUM's Abdulkerim Bardakçı got a free kick in the 27th minute. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Anelka, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. After 31 minutes of play, ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ceyhun Mennan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aha Gol in the 33rd minute of the match. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tansel Toktimur in the 35th minute of the match. Nicolas Anelka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Nicolas Anelka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicolas Anelka in the 43rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Adem El Abidine Ben Ali prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nicolas Anelka's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. Nicolas Anelka struck a weak shot in the 44th minute. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ---Atam Osmanlı---. When ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CAN ERZURUM's goalie prevented a goal. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aha Gol to strike the kick off in the second half. Nicolas Anelka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nicolas Anelka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Anelka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee felt a red card was in order, 61 minutes into the game, when Abdulkerim Bardakçı put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 61st minute of the game. One of CAN ERZURUM:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ---Atam Osmanlı---:s goal. CAN ERZURUM:s Adem El Abidine Ben Ali showed great skill when he stopped Tansel Toktimur:s penalty. Ceyhun Mennan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa Ali Nadir in the 70th minute of the match. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Cevher Hafi managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Halis Özbilen in the 73 minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicolas Anelka in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Adem El Abidine Ben Ali prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Zühtü Sualp hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Nicolas Anelkas short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Adem El Abidine Ben Ali to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 84 minutes into the match, Nicolas Anelka notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of CAN ERZURUM's Adem El Abidine Ben Ali. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Buğra Ünalp made in the 89th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Arif Bilge Hünerli. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nicolas Anelka's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. After a defensive mix-up in CAN ERZURUM's zone, Tansel Toktimur stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali came out of the goal and Tansel Toktimur tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas Anelka in the 95th minute of play forced CAN ERZURUM's goalkeeper Adem El Abidine Ben Ali to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Halis Özbilen made in the 97th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Mustafa Ali Nadir. ---Atam Osmanlı--- played a much better game than CAN ERZURUM and deserved their victory. The CAN ERZURUM players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.