Official Cup

KOO Park
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mehmet Arif İlksel got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the KOO Tigers defense, Mehmet Arif İlksel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Saadettin Kutsoy. The KOO Tigers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Saadettin Kutsoy should have stopped the shot. Yaman Academy®'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 8th minute, when Hüsmen Ötüken scored to the left of an out of position Thomás Neuer, making the score, 1-1. Tolga Şahinhan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomás Neuer having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tolga Şahinhan in the 20th minute of play forced Yaman Academy®'s goalkeeper Thomás Neuer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When KOO Tigers's Tolga Şahinhan in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Yaman Academy®'s goalie prevented a goal. In the 26th minute, Mehmet Arif İlksel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Saadettin Kutsoy was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Tolga Şahinhan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Thomás Neuer managed to avoid a goal in the 32ndth minute, when KOO Tigers's Hüsmen Ötüken fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Saadettin Kutsoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehmet Arif İlksel in the 38th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Yaman Academy®'s zone, Hüsmen Ötüken stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thomás Neuer came out of the goal and Hüsmen Ötüken tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehmet Arif İlksel in the 41st minute of play forced KOO Tigers's goalkeeper Saadettin Kutsoy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tolga Şahinhan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Thomás Neuer made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mehmet Arif İlksel in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Saadettin Kutsoy saved KOO Tigers from getting behind. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tolga Şahinhan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Tolga Şahinhan suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Namık Baran's late challenge caught a KOO Tigers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Namık Baran helped the player get up and apologised. KOO Tigers made a substitution. Seyrani Usalan replaced Tolga Şahinhan. A collision led to Yaman Academy® getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Namık Baran hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Seyrani Usalan managed to get in a good position for a shot. KOO Tigers's supporters rose to their feet, but Seyrani Usalan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thomás Neuer breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mehmet Arif İlksel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saadettin Kutsoy having to interfere. Thomás Neuer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Seyrani Usalan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Harun Beyzade kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Mustafa Oğuz Yaman took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 81st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Saadettin Kutsoy. KOO Tigers's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Aras Görkem Okkan kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Yaman Academy®'s Akgün İlmi got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Artaç Tanbolat recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Yaman Academy® eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.