U23 League

M.KEMAL ATATÜRK
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Suat Nuralp got the match started through his kick off. Alemdar Uğurel came out of the goal in the 2nd minute to try and stop a shot by LanternGarden's Mehdi Şahabeddin. But to his dismay, Mehdi Şahabeddin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After a rather tough play, SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi's Timur Yiğit got a free kick in the 5th minute. A collision led to SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Korcan Arıhan hit a great ball. LanternGarden's attentive Ferhat Bolat managed to snatch the ball when Yavuzalp Ozansu made a throw-in in the 13th minute of the game. 14 minutes into the game, one of LanternGarden:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 17 minutes, SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi's Suat Nuralp got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Ahmet Nasir Efe. SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi's Ahmet Davut Ongul shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 19th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Ahmet Nasir Efe but with some difficulty. LanternGarden's attentive Ferhat Bolat managed to snatch the ball when Korcan Arıhan made a throw-in in the 26th minute of the game. 35 minutes into the match, Suat Nuralp dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ahmet Nasir Efe, 2-2. After a rather tough play, LanternGarden's Mikail Kahya got a free kick in the 38th minute. Suat Nuralp, 39 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Mikail Kahya hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Alemdar Uğurel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehdi Şahabeddin in the 54th minute of play. Ahmet Davut Ongul's late challenge caught a LanternGarden's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ahmet Davut Ongul helped the player get up and apologised. After 55 played minutes SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Davut Ongul. After 56 played minutes SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi got a freekick which was hit by Korcan Arıhan. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Gencalp Seferoğlulları managed to get in a good position for a shot. SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi's supporters rose to their feet, but Gencalp Seferoğlulları was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ahmet Nasir Efe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as LanternGarden's Mehdi Şahabeddin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alemdar Uğurel. That made the score 2-3 after 67 minutes of play. Ferhat Bolat recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 77th minute, LanternGarden's Mehdi Şahabeddin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alemdar Uğurel. Alemdar Uğurel yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mehdi Şahabeddin during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A sloppy throw-in by Kayhan Suni in the 92nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by LanternGarden's Ferhat Bolat. Mehdi Şahabeddin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alemdar Uğurel having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ferhat Bolat during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. LanternGarden walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.