National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ilixo Maza made the kick off which started today's match. In the 7th minute of the match U21 Turkey got a corner. U21 Peru's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fatih Sultan-Mehmet ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Fatih Sultan-Mehmet almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but U21 Peru's Lev Yashim did a great save. Lev Yashim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Önder Dafni in the 9th minute of the match. 15 minutes into the game, Fatih Sultan-Mehmet was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Turkey's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Peru the free kick. In the 16th match minute, U21 Turkey was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fatih Sultan-Mehmet to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Conrao Aleman got free with Ali Macit İlican in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 28th minute, Zekai Boyraz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 34th minute, Roger Milla made a precise shot to the right of Lev Yashim. U21 Peru's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 39th minute, Roger Milla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lev Yashim was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. U21 Peru's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Renato Tapia in the 43rd minute. After 46 played minutes U21 Turkey got a freekick which was hit by Önder Dafni. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Önder Dafni was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fatih Sultan-Mehmet got free with Lev Yashim in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of U21 Turkey booed when U21 Peru was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciceron Negron didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Fatih Sultan-Mehmet came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the U21 Turkey 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 Fatih Sultan-Mehmet couldn't finish the play. In the 55th minute, Önder Dafni left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Turkey fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lourenco Cuenllas in the 58th minute of play forced U21 Turkey's goalkeeper Ali Macit İlican to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 62 minutes U21 Peru's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fatih Sultan-Mehmet who took care of the corner kick. Abelardo Daniel tried in the game's 62nd match minute to clear up in front of his own goal but it went so bad that he put the ball into the goal to the left of an unhappy Lev Yashim. An annoying self made goal, 1-5. U21 Turkey made a substitution. Enes Kafadar replaced Önder Dafni. U21 Peru made a substitution. Andrei Arshavin replaced Ilixo Maza. Ali Macit İlican showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lourenco Cuenllas in the 69th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Peru's zone, Roger Milla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lev Yashim came out of the goal and Roger Milla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. U21 Peru's Lev Yashim proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Peru from getting a goal against them. Fatih Sultan-Mehmet 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. Cevahir Eskioğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Lev Yashim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lev Yashim stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Enes Kafadar's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fatih Sultan-Mehmet got free with Lev Yashim in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fatih Sultan-Mehmet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lev Yashim having to interfere. After a rather tough play, U21 Peru's Xantalen Silveira got a free kick in the 90th minute. Pinto Xavier's late challenge caught a U21 Turkey's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pinto Xavier helped the player get up and apologised. In the 92nd minute, Pinto Xavier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd minute, a hard, long distance shot from Fatih Sultan-Mehmet hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. U21 Turkey's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.