Friendly League

Estádio Abufari
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eduardo Pires kicked off to start the match. In the 6th minute, Luís Guilherme Ramalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Özkan Çetinsu hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Gabriel Cruz came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Radestor's Ragıp Songurhan. But to his dismay, Ragıp Songurhan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Eduardo Pires received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cevahir Cansun came out and tried to block the shot, but Eduardo Pires slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 21st minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ragıp Songurhan in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gabriel Cruz saved Abufari SC from getting behind. Cevahir Cansun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Pires in the 29th minute of the match. Hílton Abraão's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 30thth minute, Cevahir Cansun skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With a little luck, FC Radestor's Cevahir Cansun got control of the ball when Hílton Abraão tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mehmet Fatih Tümerk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Gabriel Cruz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ragıp Songurhan in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gabriel Cruz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in Abufari SC's zone, Mehmet Fatih Tümerk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gabriel Cruz came out of the goal and Mehmet Fatih Tümerk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FC Radestor's Cevahir Cansun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save FC Radestor from getting a goal against them. The FC Radestor fans' excitement grew in the 45th match minute when FC Radestor's Ragıp Songurhan looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Cevahir Cansun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduardo Pires, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 54thth minute of the game Ragıp Songurhan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Abufari SC's Gabriel Cruz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Ragıp Songurhan came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the FC Radestor 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 Ragıp Songurhan couldn't finish the play. Ragıp Songurhan did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Gabriel Cruz 60 minutes into the match. Gabriel Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zikri Lokman in the 65th minute of play. 66 minutes into the game, Mehmet Fatih Tümerk was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Radestor's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Abufari SC the free kick. After a rather tough play, FC Radestor's Mehmet Fatih Tümerk got a free kick in the 66th minute. Zikri Lokman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gabriel Cruz came out and tried to block the shot, but Zikri Lokman slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 69th minute. Abufari SC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ragıp Songurhan 84 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-6. After 88 minutes of play FC Radestor's Mehmet Fatih Tümerk was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Mehmet Fatih Tümerk kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. When the match was over FC Radestor could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Abufari SC throughout the match.