U23 League

Rams Park
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rahim Sidam made the kick off which started today's match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Yaşar Akbuğ during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to HORIZZONT getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Yaşar Akbuğ hit a great ball. In the 10th minute, Ardahan Çetin made a precise shot to the right of Rüştü Recber. HORIZZONT's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 19th minute of the game Nuh Sadreddin made a throw-in which Mirza Yazargil played forward. The crowd rose to their feet as Yaşar Akbuğ kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Suelo Montana. That made the score 1-1 in the 23 minute of play. In the 26th match minute, HORIZZONT was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nuh Sadreddin to maneuver through the defense. Ardahan Çetin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rüştü Recber read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. Yavuz Özduru charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yavuz Özduru the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, HORIZZONT's Yavuz Özduru got a free kick in the 32nd minute. In the 33rd match minute, PreZiDenT SaRuMaN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ardahan Çetin to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Babürşah in the 37th minute of play forced PreZiDenT SaRuMaN's goalkeeper Suelo Montana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Ardahan Çetin notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of HORIZZONT's Rüştü Recber. Rüştü Recber was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 44th minute Arif Babürşah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Suelo Montana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 47th minute Ardahan Çetin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rüştü Recber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ardahan Çetin was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ardahan Çetin got free with Rüştü Recber in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in HORIZZONT's zone, Ardahan Çetin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rüştü Recber came out of the goal and Ardahan Çetin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 63 minutes into the game, Ardahan Çetin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Rüştü Recber was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 66th minute Ardahan Çetin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rüştü Recber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 68 minutes into the game, when Uluç Nadir put in a rough tackle. After 67 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for PreZiDenT SaRuMaN! Suelo Montana didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yaşar Akbuğ went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. In the 75th minute, Ahmet Yahya Kuter got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Mehmet Efe Onurad hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Yavuz Özduru made in the 90th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Valdemar Mertlík however managed to control. In the 92nd match minute, HORIZZONT was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bora Han Vahit to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th minute of the game Nuh Sadreddin made a throw-in which Arif Babürşah played forward. When the final whistle sounded PreZiDenT SaRuMaN left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than HORIZZONT.