U23 League

CAN ERZURUM ARENA
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ali Onul kicked off to start the match. Fernado Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Onul, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. CAN ERZURUM's Fernado Muslera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Onul in the 7th minute of play. In the 14th match minute, CAN ERZURUM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Buğra Ünalp to maneuver through the defense. Ali Onul took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fernado Muslera. Fernado Muslera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Ali Onul got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Sait Ülkümen got a free kick in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute, Göktan Hafi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 23rd minute Aha Gol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saadettin Şahinhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's zone, Bilgin Yenisey stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Saadettin Şahinhan came out of the goal and Bilgin Yenisey tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Fernado Muslera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Onul in the 27th minute of play. Bilgin Yenisey hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Ali Onul's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernado Muslera was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Göktan Hafi got a free kick in the 35th minute. Saadettin Şahinhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aha Gol, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 39 minutes into the match, CAN ERZURUM's goal looked a bit too open when Atilla Kağan Kabil came free, but Fernado Muslera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS defense, Mauri Icardi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Saadettin Şahinhan. The KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Saadettin Şahinhan should have stopped the shot. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mauri Icardi was the one to do the kick off. Halis Özbilen made in the 51st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Zühtü Sualp however managed to control. The referee felt a red card was in order, 56 minutes into the game, when Halis Özbilen put in a rough tackle. A collision led to CAN ERZURUM getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Halis Özbilen hit a great ball. After 58 played minutes CAN ERZURUM got a freekick which was hit by Halis Özbilen. In the 59th minute of the match Antonio Rüdiger shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fernado Muslera showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 72nd minute, Ahmet İlke Akbayrak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS made a substitution. Gökcan Enginalp replaced Atilla Kağan Kabil. In the 74th minute, Ali Onul ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fernado Muslera was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After 79 played minutes KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS got a freekick which was hit by Ali Onul. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bilgin Yenisey in the 93rd minute of play forced KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalkeeper Saadettin Şahinhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.