U21 League

ZENO ARENA
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Güray Kayral took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Hayyam Nurkan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cahit Ekşioğlu was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. ZENO's Cahit Ekşioğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Halil Can Özcam in the 5th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Lev Tolstoy kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tuncer Batıhan. That made the score 1-0 in the 7 minute of play. The supporters of S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r booed when ZENO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Levent Uçanay didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Halil Can Özcam in the 14th minute of play forced ZENO's goalkeeper Cahit Ekşioğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ZENO's Cahit Ekşioğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Temel Ökkeş in the 16th minute of play. Yüksel Zekai's late challenge caught a S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yüksel Zekai helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ZENO getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Yüksel Zekai hit a great ball. With a little luck, S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's Tuncer Batıhan got control of the ball when Güray Kayral tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cahit Ekşioğlu came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's Hayyam Nurkan. But to his dismay, Hayyam Nurkan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 28th minute Hüseyin Rahmi Patlar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cahit Ekşioğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 29th minute, Güray Kayral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r booed when ZENO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yüksel Zekai didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cahit Ekşioğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hayyam Nurkan in the 34th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ZENO's Levent Uçanay got a free kick in the 35th minute. After having played for 36 minutes, Hayyam Nurkan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hayyam Nurkan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Güray Kayral got free with Tuncer Batıhan in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kamuran Özdinç in the 41st minute of play forced S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's goalkeeper Tuncer Batıhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cahit Ekşioğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Temel Ökkeş, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute.

Tuncer Batıhan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fikret Hancı went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 56th minute Güray Kayral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tuncer Batıhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A throw-in in the 64th minute of the game was made by Mehmet Emrah Ceyhan with Hayyam Nurkan as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's Tuncer Batıhan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fikret Hancı in the 75th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Ali Vedat Akıncıbey in the 77th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's Halil Can Özcam. In the 78th match minute, ZENO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lev Tolstoy to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute of the match, Temel Ökkeş tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Cahit Ekşioğlu saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a rather tough play, ZENO's Yüksel Zekai got a free kick in the 85th minute. Hayyam Nurkan took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cahit Ekşioğlu. Cahit Ekşioğlu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. 92 minutes into the game, Ahmet Refik İribaş was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ZENO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r the free kick. In the 92nd minute, Ahmet Refik İribaş hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because ZENO had won, even though S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r had held more of the ball.