U23 League

ALTAY ATATURK ARENA
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gökçen Kulan took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emrullah Toygun in the 3rd minute of play forced ALTAY MYTHS's goalkeeper Eren Karataş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emrullah Toygun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eren Karataş having to interfere. In the 5th minute Gökçen Kulan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eren Karataş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 6 minutes ALTAY MYTHS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Emrullah Toygun who took care of the corner kick. Kubilay Sabuncuoğlu tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Eren Karataş. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 7th minute. Eren Karataş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emrullah Toygun in the 9th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gökçen Kulan in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eren Karataş prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Eren Karataş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gökçen Kulan in the 13th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gökçen Kulan in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eren Karataş prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 16th minute GALATASARAY O.Z. were awarded a corner. Emrullah Toygun went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led GALATASARAY O.Z.'s Emrullah Toygun to fire away a dangerous shot which Eren Karataş despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Burhan Tezcan in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eren Karataş prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Burhan Tezcan in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eren Karataş saved ALTAY MYTHS from getting behind. Eren Karataş took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gökçen Kulan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eren Karataş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gökçen Kulan, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 22 minutes into the match, GALATASARAY O.Z.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ayvaz Sayın came free, but Mustafa Birol Zekai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Gökçen Kulan came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the GALATASARAY O.Z. 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 Gökçen Kulan couldn't finish the play. Eren Karataş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gökçen Kulan in the 25th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, GALATASARAY O.Z.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ayvaz Sayın came free, but Mustafa Birol Zekai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eren Karataş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emrullah Toygun in the 29th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Kemal in the 32nd minute of play forced ALTAY MYTHS's goalkeeper Eren Karataş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the ALTAY MYTHS defense, Ahmet Kemal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eren Karataş. The ALTAY MYTHS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eren Karataş should have stopped the shot. After 38 minutes ALTAY MYTHS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Emrullah Toygun who took care of the corner kick. Eren Karataş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reşat Rafettin, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. GALATASARAY O.Z.'s Burhan Tezcan got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eren Karataş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gökçen Kulan, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Eren Karataş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gökçen Kulan in the 46th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Saip Doğanlar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gökçen Kulan scored 0-3 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eren Karataş, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, ALTAY MYTHS's Eren Karataş got control of the ball when Gökçen Kulan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Eren Karataş made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gökçen Kulan in the 57th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gökçen Kulan in the 59th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eren Karataş saved ALTAY MYTHS from getting behind. In the last second Eren Karataş throw himself and got hold of the ball when Emrullah Toygun in the 61stth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. ALTAY MYTHS's Sermet Kutsoy was substituted for Saip Doğanlar. After 70 played minutes ALTAY MYTHS got a freekick which was hit by Hüsmen Özakay. After 76 played minutes GALATASARAY O.Z. got a freekick which was hit by Burhan Tezcan. GALATASARAY O.Z.'s Baturhan Osmanlı was substituted for Gökçen Kulan. After 77 played minutes GALATASARAY O.Z. got a freekick which was hit by Burhan Tezcan. GALATASARAY O.Z.'s Olov Almkvist quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ayvaz Sayın, made in the 79th minute of the game. 81 minutes into the game, Baturhan Osmanlı recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Eren Karataş. Baturhan Osmanlı showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. Eren Karataş stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Baturhan Osmanlı's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. GALATASARAY O.Z. were awarded a corner in the 86th minute after ALTAY MYTHS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Emrullah Toygun took the corner. Eren Karataş was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Baturhan Osmanlı showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 87 minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, GALATASARAY O.Z.'s Emrullah Toygun sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eren Karataş narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ayvaz Sayın in the 93rd minute of play forced GALATASARAY O.Z.'s goalkeeper Mustafa Birol Zekai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th match minute, GALATASARAY O.Z. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Kemal to maneuver through the defense. Mustafa Birol Zekai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Paixão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 95thth minute of the game Marco Paixão who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GALATASARAY O.Z.'s Mustafa Birol Zekai was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The ALTAY MYTHS fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. GALATASARAY O.Z. were clearly better and deserved to take the win.