U21 League

Ülker Stadyumu
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alptuğ Rahim made the kick off which started today's match. When ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's Songur Karataş in 3 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Şimşek Saraçoğlu guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Alptuğ Rahim hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Şimşek Saraçoğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alptuğ Rahim in the 10th minute of play. Erdoğan Sadi charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erdoğan Sadi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Türk Polis Gücü booed when ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erdoğan Sadi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arif Çelebi Çalımbay hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. 17 minutes into the match, Türk Polis Gücü's goal looked a bit too open when Alptuğ Rahim came free, but Şimşek Saraçoğlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 21st minute Arif Çelebi Çalımbay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vahap Tezcan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Şimşek Saraçoğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alptuğ Rahim in the 24th minute of play. Şimşek Saraçoğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alptuğ Rahim in the 29th minute of play. In the 32nd minute Yusuf Beykan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vahap Tezcan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yağızhan Dündaroğlu in the 35th minute of play forced ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's goalkeeper Vahap Tezcan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Alptuğ Rahim's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Şimşek Saraçoğlu was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alptuğ Rahim in the 38th minute of play forced Türk Polis Gücü's goalkeeper Şimşek Saraçoğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 43 played minutes ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü got a freekick which was hit by Erhan Gagauz. Murat Yavuz hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, Erhan Gagauz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Yağızhan Dündaroğlu to strike the kick off in the second half. Vahap Tezcan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yağızhan Dündaroğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. In the 55th minute Alptuğ Rahim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Şimşek Saraçoğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 55 minutes, Şimşek Saraçoğlu successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 60 minutes of play, Türk Polis Gücü's Yusuf Beykan made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vahap Tezcan was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Alptuğ Rahim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some careless play in the Türk Polis Gücü defense, Alptuğ Rahim kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Şimşek Saraçoğlu. The Türk Polis Gücü fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Şimşek Saraçoğlu should have stopped the shot. ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü made a substitution. Gaffar Özer replaced Songur Karataş. Vahap Tezcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arif Çelebi Çalımbay in the 72nd minute of play. Arif Çelebi Çalımbay might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vahap Tezcan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arif Çelebi Çalımbay ran back to his position shaking his head. Şimşek Saraçoğlu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cihan Geylani in the 84th minute. Türk Polis Gücü were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü for a fine match.