Friendly League

BALCALI MEZARLIĞI
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Suelo Montana got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johan Johansson in the 3rd minute of play forced ÜSTEĞMEN FK's goalkeeper Mehmet Hakkı Yörük to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Linköpings AIK were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after ÜSTEĞMEN FK's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Marbjörn Garpsson took the corner. After a defensive mix-up in ÜSTEĞMEN FK's zone, Johan Johansson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mehmet Hakkı Yörük came out of the goal and Johan Johansson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arvid Carlsson in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mehmet Hakkı Yörük saved ÜSTEĞMEN FK from getting behind. In the 12thth minute of the game Arvid Carlsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Mehmet Hakkı Yörük was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Arvid Carlsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Mehmet Hakkı Yörük played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arvid Carlsson in the 25th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Arvid Carlsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mehmet Hakkı Yörük was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Jimmy Olsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Suelo Montana in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute, Arvid Carlsson 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. Arvid Carlsson scored 1-1 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mehmet Hakkı Yörük, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 47th minute Mutlu Kanat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jimmy Olsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arvid Carlsson was the one to do the kick off. In the 52ndth minute of the game Arvid Carlsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Mehmet Hakkı Yörük was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ergün Tonguç during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ergün Tonguç kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. ÜSTEĞMEN FK's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Arvid Carlsson scored to the left of an out of position Mehmet Hakkı Yörük, making the score, 1-3. After 68 played minutes Linköpings AIK got a freekick which was hit by Fabrício Castanheira. ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Suelo Montana got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by ÜSTEĞMEN FK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marbjörn Garpsson was slow to take the kick. During this time Linköpings AIK's players had a chance to rest. Mehmet Hakkı Yörük made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arvid Carlsson in the 75th minute of play. After taking down the ball on Linköpings AIK's corner Marbjörn Garpsson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mehmet Hakkı Yörük quite easily take care of the ball. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by ÜSTEĞMEN FK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marbjörn Garpsson was slow to take the kick. During this time Linköpings AIK's players had a chance to rest. After 81 minutes of play, ÜSTEĞMEN FK's Mutlu Kanat made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jimmy Olsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mehmet Hakkı Yörük made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arvid Carlsson in the 86th minute. In the 91st minute, Arvid Carlsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mehmet Hakkı Yörük. The goal made the score 2-4. The Linköpings AIK supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Linköpings AIK would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.