World League

ALTAY ATATURK ARENA
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Erdi Demir took the kick off in the first half of the match. Chris Tinselboer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erdi Demir in the 2nd minute. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind FCF north's goalkeeper Chris Tinselboer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by FCF north's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cebrail İzmirli was slow to take the kick. During this time ALTAY MYTHS's players had a chance to rest. Chris Tinselboer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from İbrahim Akın in the 8th minute of play. Chris Tinselboer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from İbrahim Akın, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chris Tinselboer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from İbrahim Akın in the 12th minute of play. Erdi Demir in the 13thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Chris Tinselboer, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Erdi Demir could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Chris Tinselboer made a huge save. 16 minutes into the match, FCF north's goalkeeper Chris Tinselboer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Erdi Demir. Chris Tinselboer made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Işıkalp Gençyaz sent off a good shot on target. After 19 minutes FCF north's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cebrail İzmirli who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Işıkalp Gençyaz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Chris Tinselboer quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Chris Tinselboer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from İbrahim Akın, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Işıkalp Gençyaz put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Chris Tinselboer. When Ed Bijlsma came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the FCF north 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 Ed Bijlsma couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the FCF north defense, Çelikan Akkan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Chris Tinselboer. The FCF north fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Chris Tinselboer should have stopped the shot. Cüneyt Baba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Steelman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ALTAY MYTHS's Erdi Demir got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 40 played minutes ALTAY MYTHS got a freekick which was hit by Cebrail İzmirli. 40 minutes into the match, ALTAY MYTHS's goal looked a bit too open when Ed Bijlsma came free, but Cüneyt Baba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Işıkalp Gençyaz got free with Chris Tinselboer in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 47th minute Arcan Çapan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cüneyt Baba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Chris Tinselboer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from İbrahim Akın in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 53rd minute Jonathan Steelman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cüneyt Baba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, Jonathan Steelman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cüneyt Baba. ALTAY MYTHS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonathan Steelman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Chris Tinselboer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erdi Demir in the 63rd minute of play. Işıkalp Gençyaz scored 4-1 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Chris Tinselboer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Işıkalp Gençyaz in the 72nd minute of play forced FCF north's goalkeeper Chris Tinselboer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute Işıkalp Gençyaz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chris Tinselboer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arcan Çapan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cüneyt Baba having to make a save. Cüneyt Baba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ed Bijlsma in the 77th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatan Bilintx in the 81st minute of play forced ALTAY MYTHS's goalkeeper Cüneyt Baba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arcan Çapan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Cüneyt Baba made a huge save. Chris Tinselboer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Işıkalp Gençyaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute, Çelikan Akkan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 91 minutes into the match, ALTAY MYTHS's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Steelman came free, but Cüneyt Baba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ALTAY MYTHS's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.