U21 League

MUHSİN YAZICIOĞLU
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Ahmet Nedim Oyman made the kick off and thus started the match. The audience was convinced that Ahmet Nedim Oyman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Özbek Betim was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Özbek Betim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cavit Ufuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Özbek Betim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Atalay Sami, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. After some careless play in the Bozkurt defense, Atalay Sami kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Özbek Betim. The Bozkurt fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Özbek Betim should have stopped the shot. Bozkurt's Özbek Betim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Urbano Santio in the 19th minute of play. Predators's Emilian Martínez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Predators from getting a goal against them. Özbek Betim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Urbano Santio in the 25th minute of play. Özbek Betim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Atalay Sami in the 26th minute of play. Günalp Rikap received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Emilian Martínez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 31 minutes into the match, Feyyaz Uçar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emilian Martínez. Predators's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Feyyaz Uçar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 33 minutes into the match, Predators's goal looked a bit too open when Feyyaz Uçar came free, but Emilian Martínez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th minute Bozkurt were awarded a corner. Boran Gencal went to the cornerflag to take it. After 35 played minutes Bozkurt got a freekick which was hit by Sedat Kutcan. In the 38th minute Ahmet Nedim Oyman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Özbek Betim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 40 minutes Bozkurt's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hüsmen Çubukcu who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Hüsmen Çubukcu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Bozkurt's Özbek Betim did a great save. A collision led to Predators getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Cavit Ufuk hit a great ball. Özbek Betim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Nedim Oyman in the 48th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Feyyaz Uçar to strike the kick off in the second half. Bozkurt's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Boran Gencal in the 53rd minute. Boran Gencal made a great header on Bozkurt's corner, it was just that Predators's Emilian Martínez managed to reach the ball for a save. 63 minutes into the match, Atalay Sami had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Özbek Betim. Bozkurt's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Atalay Sami was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 70th match minute, Bozkurt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vatan İlenç to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute Ahmet Nedim Oyman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Özbek Betim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bozkurt's Özbek Betim proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Bozkurt from getting a goal against them. Özbek Betim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Atalay Sami, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Atalay Sami succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-4 in the 86th playminute. Süruri Tahir kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Hüsmen Çubukcu's long shot made the audience stand up and applaude when it rumbled by Özbek Betim on his right side and into the goal. 90 minutes into the game it was 1-5. When the match was over Predators could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Bozkurt throughout the match.