U23 League

Hisar Arena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kamil Toktimur started the match with the kick off. After 2 played minutes STARS TEAM got a freekick which was hit by Burç Boztepe. In the 8th minute, Mümin Özsel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 10 minutes HİSAR's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Armağan Karabulut who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Armağan Karabulut got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ercüment Keskiner quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 12 minutes into the match, HİSAR's goal looked a bit too open when Albérico Cortez came free, but Ercüment Keskiner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by HİSAR's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Armağan Karabulut was slow to take the kick. During this time STARS TEAM's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Armağan Karabulut almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but HİSAR's Ercüment Keskiner did a great save. The audience was convinced that Albérico Cortez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ercüment Keskiner was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Armağan Karabulut in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ercüment Keskiner saved HİSAR from getting behind. 22 minutes into the match, HİSAR's goal looked a bit too open when Albérico Cortez came free, but Ercüment Keskiner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armağan Karabulut sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kamil Toktimur got free with Ateş Rahim in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 27th minute, Ceyhan Özsahin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 33 minutes, Albérico Cortez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. STARS TEAM's supporters crossed their fingers, but Albérico Cortez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ercüment Keskiner stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Armağan Karabulut's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. Agah Umuralp hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. When Semail Tanalp fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored HİSAR's protests and gave Semail Tanalp a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to HİSAR getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Semail Tanalp hit a great ball. In the 45th minute Armağan Karabulut shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ercüment Keskiner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Armağan Karabulut made a kick off. Ercüment Keskiner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Özgür Canatan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kamil Toktimur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ateş Rahim having to interfere. Agah Umuralp hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute of the match Burç Boztepe shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ercüment Keskiner showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ercüment Keskiner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albérico Cortez in the 60th minute of the match. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by STARS TEAM's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Doğuhan Miran was slow to take the kick. During this time HİSAR's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Doğuhan Miran got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ateş Rahim quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 76 minutes into the game, STARS TEAM's Gürel Çelikhan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ercüment Keskiner made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Armağan Karabulut in the 82ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ercüment Keskiner, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Armağan Karabulut made a great header on STARS TEAM's corner, it was just that HİSAR's Ercüment Keskiner managed to reach the ball for a save. HİSAR's Ercüment Keskiner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Özgür Canatan in the 90th minute of play. Mehmet Halis Şahan hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. When the match was over STARS TEAM could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than HİSAR throughout the match.