U21 League

ATATÜRK STADYUMU
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tekin Özhan during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gökalp Behram took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rasim Kara. Rasim Kara dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Rasim Kara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arın Ferhat Avcıoğlu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With 11 minutes on the clock, Rafet Neyzen commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 11 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Karapinar! İbrahim Ethem Reşit fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rasim Kara having to interfere. Karapinar's Rasim Kara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gökalp Behram in the 17th minute of play. When Mikail Öztan fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Karapinar's protests and gave Mikail Öztan a yellow card for diving instead. After 19 played minutes Karapinar got a freekick which was hit by Mikail Öztan. After a rather tough play, Karapinar's Kadim Uğur got a free kick in the 21st minute. Karapinar's Rasim Kara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gökalp Behram in the 23rd minute of play. Mikail Öztan hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute Gökalp Behram shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rasim Kara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rasim Kara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gökalp Behram in the 27th minute of the match. If Yıldırım Yaman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rasim Kara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gökalp Behram in the 32nd minute of the match. Gani Bahar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Haldun Birtan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rasim Kara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from İbrahim Ethem Reşit in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes into the game, Gökalp Behram cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Rasim Kara was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gökalp Behram stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gani Bahar in the 56th minute of play forced AYYILDIZ's goalkeeper Haldun Birtan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Mikail Öztan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. AYYILDIZ's Haldun Birtan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gani Bahar in the 61st minute of play. İbrahim Ethem Reşit received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Rasim Kara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 68 minutes, Peyami Özduru mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AYYILDIZ and the Karapinar players grew even worse after the yellow card. Peyami Özduru kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. When Ali Berkant Akaydın came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Karapinar 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 Ali Berkant Akaydın couldn't finish the play. 72 minutes into the match, Karapinar's goalkeeper Rasim Kara had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gökalp Behram. Rasim Kara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from İbrahim Ethem Reşit, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Mikail Öztan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kadim Uğur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Haldun Birtan having to interfere. Rasim Kara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from İbrahim Ethem Reşit in the 83rd minute of the match. When Aşır Berkkan came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the AYYILDIZ 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 Aşır Berkkan couldn't finish the play. In the 88th minute, Arın Ferhat Avcıoğlu 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. In the 89th match minute, Karapinar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Şehzade Tecik to maneuver through the defense. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. AYYILDIZ walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.