Friendly League

Dota Arena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Yamanlar SK's Erkin Şafakgün 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. The audience was convinced that Gabriel Paranaense's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fuat Birsen was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. After 4 minutes, Altan Çetiner mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Yamanlar SK and the Colorado players grew even worse after the yellow card. Altan Çetiner hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 6th match minute, Yamanlar SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ateş Ustam to maneuver through the defense. After 10 minutes of play, Yamanlar SK's Müjdat Yaban made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Fernando Castro was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th minute, Leandro Hames hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erkin Şafakgün received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Luís Fernando Castro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yamanlar SK's defense didn't have a chance, in the 22nd minute, when Gabriel Paranaense scored to the left of an out of position Fuat Birsen, making the score, 1-1. João Paulo Schmidt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 27th minute Altan Çetiner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Fernando Castro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Gabriel Paranaense sped through Yamanlar SK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fuat Birsen. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bozkurt Garip in the 31st minute of play forced Colorado's goalkeeper Luís Fernando Castro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Fernando Castro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erkin Şafakgün, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Gabriel Paranaense had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Colorado's Luís Fernando Castro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bozkurt Garip in the 41st minute of play. 45 minutes into the match, Yamanlar SK's goalkeeper Fuat Birsen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gláuber Pirani. Erkin Şafakgün might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luís Fernando Castro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erkin Şafakgün ran back to his position shaking his head. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gabriel Paranaense made a kick off. Delfim Perez hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. Bozkurt Garip who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 54thth minute tested the skills of Luís Fernando Castro when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 60 minutes into the match, Colorado's goalkeeper Luís Fernando Castro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bozkurt Garip. Luís Fernando Castro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erkin Şafakgün, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 3-2 when Bozkurt Garip sped through Colorado's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Luís Fernando Castro. In the 71st minute, Şemsettin Tezer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. João Paulo Schmidt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 83 minutes into the match, Bozkurt Garip had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luís Fernando Castro. Colorado's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bozkurt Garip was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. After 85 played minutes Yamanlar SK got a freekick which was hit by Müjdat Yaban. In the 87th minute, Ramiro Ferreira made a precise shot to the right of Fuat Birsen. Yamanlar SK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-3. Altan Çetiner fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Fernando Castro having to interfere. In the 91st match minute, Colorado was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leandro Hames to maneuver through the defense. Luís Fernando Castro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erkin Şafakgün in the 93rd minute of the match.