Friendly League

Saray Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Oswaldo Savage took the kick off in the first half of the match. Erdeniz Acarer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oswaldo Savage in the 4th minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, New Britain AF's goalkeeper Alejandro Bliss had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Erman Saygılı. After a rather tough play, New Britain AF's Quentin Hatfield got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute, Micah Storey ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Erdeniz Acarer was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Atahan Canbulat could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Alejandro Bliss made a huge save. 17 minutes into the game, New Britain AF's Oswaldo Savage nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Erdeniz Acarer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. When Oswaldo Savage came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the New Britain AF 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 Oswaldo Savage couldn't finish the play. If Filiberto Sims had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. New Britain AF's attentive Marvin Brock managed to snatch the ball when Kadir Selil made a throw-in in the 28th minute of the game. The supporters of New Britain AF booed when Saray was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nurkan Özcebe didn't get a good kick on the ball. New Britain AF's Alejandro Bliss played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Asım Arif Özerdal in the 31st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oswaldo Savage in the 35th minute of play forced Saray's goalkeeper Erdeniz Acarer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Micah Storey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 40 minutes into the match, Marvin Brock notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Saray's Erdeniz Acarer. Erdeniz Acarer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thanks to some nice moves Erman Saygılı could shoot a difficult shot in the 46th minute, which Alejandro Bliss however easily saved by the left post. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Atahan Canbulat stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Talha Hacıoğlu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to New Britain AF getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Micah Storey hit a great ball. Erdeniz Acarer was out of position in the 56 minute of play, and Oswaldo Savage capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Oswaldo Savage really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. In the 60th minute, Oswaldo Savage fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Marvin Brock sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 63 minutes of play, New Britain AF's Oswaldo Savage made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erdeniz Acarer was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 69th play minutes Oswaldo Savage shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Erdeniz Acarer and just under the crossbar into goal. 74 minutes in the game, Oswaldo Savage fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Erdeniz Acarer having to interfere. Marvin Brock received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Erdeniz Acarer came out and tried to block the shot, but Marvin Brock slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 78th minute. New Britain AF's Marvin Brock managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Kadir Selil in the 82 minute of the game. Marvin Brock fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erdeniz Acarer having to interfere. Erdeniz Acarer didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 88th minute, which inside left pole to 0-8. Oswaldo Savage fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erdeniz Acarer having to interfere. New Britain AF's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.