U23 League

ABDULHAMİTHAN
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) In the 5th minute Nicolas Anelka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hatemi Cire saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 6th minute, Nicolas Anelka ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hatemi Cire was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Ceyhun Mennan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patric Bierhoff in the 9th minute of the match. Nafiz Özaydın kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tansel Toktimur got free with Hatemi Cire in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Temel Dağdelen quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Şadi Aktan, made in the 13th minute of the game. Nicolas Anelka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hatemi Cire having to interfere. When Kaan Erginsoy fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored istanbulls's protests and gave Kaan Erginsoy a yellow card for diving instead. In the 21st match minute, istanbulls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kaan Erginsoy to maneuver through the defense. Ceyhun Mennan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Latif Şakir, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nicolas Anelka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Hatemi Cire tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 32 minutes, Latif Şakir managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. istanbulls's supporters crossed their fingers, but Latif Şakir was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Latif Şakir came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the istanbulls fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Latif Şakir couldn't finish the play. 35 minutes into the match, istanbulls's goal looked a bit too open when Tansel Toktimur came free, but Hatemi Cire reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tansel Toktimur made a great header on ---Atam Osmanlı---'s corner, it was just that istanbulls's Hatemi Cire managed to reach the ball for a save. Tansel Toktimur could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Hatemi Cire made a huge save. istanbulls's Hatemi Cire proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save istanbulls from getting a goal against them. Ceyhun Mennan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patric Bierhoff in the 47th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Hatemi Cire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Anelka in the 54th minute of play. When Gökhun Okergun fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ---Atam Osmanlı---'s protests and gave Gökhun Okergun a yellow card for diving instead. After 56 played minutes ---Atam Osmanlı--- got a freekick which was hit by Gökhun Okergun. A collision led to istanbulls getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Haydar Özdinç hit a great ball. In the 58th match minute, ---Atam Osmanlı--- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gökhun Okergun to maneuver through the defense. Hatemi Cire stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nicolas Anelka's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. After a rather tough play, istanbulls's Ertuğrul Hisarcık got a free kick in the 64th minute. After 65 played minutes ---Atam Osmanlı--- got a freekick which was hit by Baba Osmanlı. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Latif Şakir took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Ceyhun Mennan to make any attempt to save it. A collision led to istanbulls getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Yavuz Selim Yücelay hit a great ball. Yavuz Selim Yücelay hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Ceyhun Mennan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaan Erginsoy in the 76th minute of play. The throw-in from Şadi Aktan in the 81st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Arif Bilge Hünerli. When Nicolas Anelka fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ---Atam Osmanlı---'s protests and gave Nicolas Anelka a yellow card for diving instead. In the 82nd minute, Nicolas Anelka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mustafa Emrah Sedat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Ceyhun Mennan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ceyhun Mennan made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Latif Şakir sent off a good shot on target. When istanbulls's Patric Bierhoff in the 95th minute got a chance for a shot 95th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goalie prevented a goal. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.