U21 League

BALCALI MEZARLIĞI
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Çetin Ceviz took the kick off in the first half of the match. ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Gazi Açıkgün played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Faik İçöz in the 7th minute of play. Gazi Açıkgün showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faik İçöz in the 9th minute of the match. Gazi Açıkgün took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Faik İçöz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Gazi Açıkgün played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lütfü Tanbolat in the 13th minute of play. Gazi Açıkgün made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Faik İçöz in the 14th minute of play. Taha Arıkhan hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Baturalp Revis's late challenge caught a SOFiNiN KEDiSi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Baturalp Revis helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Baturalp Revis got a free kick in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Müfit Berat in the 20th minute of play forced ÜSTEĞMEN FK's goalkeeper Gazi Açıkgün to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 22 minutes of play, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's Faik İçöz made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gazi Açıkgün was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gazi Açıkgün took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lütfü Tanbolat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute Faik İçöz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gazi Açıkgün saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's goal looked a bit too open when Çağlayan Çağlar came free, but Mehmet Arif Serir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Polat Lema got a free kick in the 37th minute. 40 minutes into the match, ÜSTEĞMEN FK's goal looked a bit too open when Faik İçöz came free, but Gazi Açıkgün reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gazi Açıkgün took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lütfü Tanbolat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 44 minutes into the match, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's goal looked a bit too open when Hamdi Sökmensu came free, but Mehmet Arif Serir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's Lütfü Tanbolat got a free kick in the 46th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lütfü Tanbolat stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Lütfü Tanbolat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 56 played minutes SOFiNiN KEDiSi got a freekick which was hit by Taha Arıkhan. If Faik İçöz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 67 played minutes SOFiNiN KEDiSi got a freekick which was hit by Hüsnü Mukaddes. After 77 played minutes SOFiNiN KEDiSi got a freekick which was hit by Hüsnü Mukaddes. Mehmet Arif Serir came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Çetin Ceviz. But to his dismay, Çetin Ceviz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Mehmet Arif Serir showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Çağlayan Çağlar, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Hamdi Sökmensu charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hamdi Sökmensu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Müfit Berat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. SOFiNiN KEDiSi's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.