Friendly League

Alsancak
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Paulino Vilela started the match with the kick off. When Ahmet Arif Savni came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the Alsancak SK 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 Ahmet Arif Savni couldn't finish the play. Alex Palhares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Arif Savni in the 5th minute of the match. After 6 minutes of play, FC LIXA's Noel Viegas made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Besim Baykara was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mariano Calado took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Besim Baykara. Besim Baykara dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Ömer Seçkin kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. In the 16th minute Noel Viegas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Besim Baykara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Besim Baykara came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by FC LIXA's Paulino Vilela. But to his dismay, Paulino Vilela quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 21st minute, Alparslan İsfendiyar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alex Palhares was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. After a rather tough play, Alsancak SK's Alparslan İsfendiyar got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Basri Şahvar kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Paulino Vilela's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Besim Baykara was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Paulino Vilela put it in 1-4 from a short distance just to the right of Besim Baykara. Alex Palhares was out of position in the 35 minute of play, and Teoman Çağaçar capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Teoman Çağaçar really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. In the 43rd minute, Noel Viegas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 45 minutes of play, FC LIXA's Octávio Belém made it 2-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Besim Baykara was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Alsancak SK players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC LIXA were winning 2-5.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ahmet Arif Savni stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Basri Şahvar in the 52nd minute of play forced FC LIXA's goalkeeper Alex Palhares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute Alparslan İsfendiyar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Palhares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Octávio Belém had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Mariano Calado managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC LIXA's supporters rose to their feet, but Mariano Calado was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Besim Baykara breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind Alsancak SK's goalkeeper Besim Baykara, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alex Palhares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Arif Savni in the 63rd minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Paulino Vilela dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Besim Baykara, 2-6. Alex Palhares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alparslan İsfendiyar in the 68th minute of play. FC LIXA's Alex Palhares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Arif Savni in the 69th minute of play. Alsancak SK's Besim Baykara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Alsancak SK from getting a goal against them. Noel Viegas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Arif Savni in the 77th minute of play forced FC LIXA's goalkeeper Alex Palhares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Besim Baykara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Octávio Belém, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Paulino Vilelas short, quick shot in the 82ndth minute got Besim Baykara to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 90 played minutes FC LIXA got a freekick which was hit by Paulino Macena. Ahmet Arif Savni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alex Palhares having to interfere. The supporters of Alsancak SK booed when FC LIXA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Severino Vilar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vahdet Cengel took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Alex Palhares. FC LIXA's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When the match was over FC LIXA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Alsancak SK throughout the match.