Official Cup

Marcelo A. Bielsa
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Hayati Işık made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Arif Memduh Özsungur sent off a good shot on target. Mehmet Şefik Balcan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alphan Çırakoğlu in the 6th minute of the match. In the 7th minute of the match Navigators got a corner. Newells Old Boys's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Şükrü Yelesen ran over to the corner to take the kick. Kostas Kelaidonis made a great header on Navigators's corner, it was just that Newells Old Boys's Mehmet Şefik Balcan managed to reach the ball for a save. Arif Memduh Özsungur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hayati Işık having to interfere. After 12 minutes of play, Navigators's Kostas Kelaidonis made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mehmet Şefik Balcan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mehmet Şefik Balcan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kostas Kelaidonis, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kostas Kelaidonis in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mehmet Şefik Balcan saved Newells Old Boys from getting behind. In the 18th minute, Bahri Rafiz made a precise shot to the right of Mehmet Şefik Balcan. Newells Old Boys's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. 21 minutes into the game, Navigators's Şükrü Yelesen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mehmet Şefik Balcan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alphan Çırakoğlu in the 24th minute of play forced Newells Old Boys's goalkeeper Mehmet Şefik Balcan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bahri Rafiz scored 0-5 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mehmet Şefik Balcan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mehmet Şefik Balcan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Şükrü Yelesen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Şükrü Yelesen, 31 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. Mehmet Şefik Balcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şükrü Yelesen in the 32nd minute of play. Kostas Kelaidonis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Mehmet Şefik Balcan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 36th minute, Burhanettin Haseki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mehmet Şefik Balcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bahri Rafiz in the 39th minute of play. In the 44th minute, Alphan Çırakoğlu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mehmet Şefik Balcan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alphan Çırakoğlu in the 48th minute of play forced Newells Old Boys's goalkeeper Mehmet Şefik Balcan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Newells Old Boys players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Navigators were winning 0-6.

The wind increased when Orçun Baloğlu made the kick off in the second half. When Arif Memduh Özsungur fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Newells Old Boys's protests and gave Arif Memduh Özsungur a yellow card for diving instead. After 55 played minutes Newells Old Boys got a freekick which was hit by Arif Memduh Özsungur. The supporters of Navigators booed when Newells Old Boys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bahadırhan Akdoğu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Navigators booed when Newells Old Boys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bahadırhan Akdoğu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mehmet Şefik Balcan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alphan Çırakoğlu in the 61st minute. 71 minutes into the match, Newells Old Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Kostas Kelaidonis came free, but Mehmet Şefik Balcan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Alphan Çırakoğlu could shoot a difficult shot in the 76th minute, which Mehmet Şefik Balcan however easily saved by the left post. In the 77th match minute, Navigators was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bahri Rafiz to maneuver through the defense. Navigators made a substitution. Alkan Başaydın replaced Alphan Çırakoğlu. In the 78th minute, Bahri Rafiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mehmet Şefik Balcan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alkan Başaydın in the 84th minute. Mehmet Şefik Balcan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alkan Başaydın in the 85th minute. Mehmet Şefik Balcan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alkan Başaydın in the 88th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Alkan Başaydın's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mehmet Şefik Balcan was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alkan Başaydın in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mehmet Şefik Balcan saved Newells Old Boys from getting behind. In the 94th minute, Yakup Kadri Siddik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mehmet Şefik Balcan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alkan Başaydın in the 97th minute of the match. Navigators played a much better game than Newells Old Boys and deserved their victory. The Newells Old Boys players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.