Friendly League

Aarsele Stadion
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) KOCAELİSPOR's Refugio Pagan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mbaka Mbolu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mbaka Mbolu in the 5th minute of play forced de belletrekkers's goalkeeper De-la-Cruz de Alcântara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Şemsettin Tuyuğ made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafal Rudnyak in the 6th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Paulus Van Hove's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Şemsettin Tuyuğ was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. de belletrekkers's Marten Merckx was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Şemsettin Tuyuğ in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 15 minutes into the match, Mbaka Mbolu notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of de belletrekkers's De-la-Cruz de Alcântara. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kubilay Gündeş in the 18th minute of play. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kubilay Gündeş in the 19th minute of the match. KOCAELİSPOR's Şemsettin Tuyuğ proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save KOCAELİSPOR from getting a goal against them. 24 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's goal looked a bit too open when Refugio Pagan came free, but De-la-Cruz de Alcântara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute Kubilay Gündeş shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but De-la-Cruz de Alcântara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th match minute, de belletrekkers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Przemyslaw Gerlach to maneuver through the defense. Kubilay Gündeş fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without De-la-Cruz de Alcântara having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kubilay Gündeş in the 31st minute of play forced de belletrekkers's goalkeeper De-la-Cruz de Alcântara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 33 minutes into the match, KOCAELİSPOR's goal looked a bit too open when Rafal Rudnyak came free, but Şemsettin Tuyuğ reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Şemsettin Tuyuğ took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulus Van Hove, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kubilay Gündeş, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kubilay Gündeş, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kubilay Gündeş in the 40th minute of the match. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kubilay Gündeş in the 44th minute of the match. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Refugio Pagan in the 46th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

With his leg De-la-Cruz de Alcântara managed to avoid a goal in the 50thth minute, when KOCAELİSPOR's Refugio Pagan fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Aykut Nadi kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. 56 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's goalkeeper De-la-Cruz de Alcântara had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kubilay Gündeş. Şemsettin Tuyuğ showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafal Rudnyak in the 58th minute of the match. 61 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's goal looked a bit too open when Refugio Pagan came free, but De-la-Cruz de Alcântara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. de belletrekkers's De-la-Cruz de Alcântara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save de belletrekkers from getting a goal against them. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mbaka Mbolu in the 65th minute of play. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mbaka Mbolu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 66 minute of play. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aykut Nadi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. KOCAELİSPOR made a substitution. Rafet Hazin replaced Ye Chuan Chen. KOCAELİSPOR were awarded a corner in the 74th minute after de belletrekkers's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fiori Britto took the corner. KOCAELİSPOR's Fiori Britto was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but De-la-Cruz de Alcântara in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Refugio Pagan in the 77th minute of the match. 86 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's goal looked a bit too open when Mbaka Mbolu came free, but De-la-Cruz de Alcântara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Kubilay Gündeş sent off a good shot on target. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara made an important save on a dangerous shot by Refugio Pagan in the 89th minute. Philipp Van Emelen's late challenge caught a KOCAELİSPOR's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Philipp Van Emelen helped the player get up and apologised. Philipp Van Emelen hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. The KOCAELİSPOR supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing KOCAELİSPOR would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.