National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Turkey's Turgut Soyuer started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a little luck, Bosnia And Hercegovina's Miro Sejdić got control of the ball when Turgut Soyuer tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Bosnia And Hercegovina's Zumbul Nurković got a free kick in the 14th minute. Vezir Velidović made in the 17th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Severin Nikić however managed to control. 19 minutes into the game, Dževad Kasimović cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Cankut Wakabayashi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 25 minutes into the game, Turgut Soyuer lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Miro Sejdić. Cankut Wakabayashi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliver Petranović in the 33rd minute of the match. Cankut Wakabayashi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anel Svetkić in the 37th minute of play. In the 37th minute Anel Svetkić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cankut Wakabayashi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cezmi Hececi might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Miro Sejdić. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cezmi Hececi ran back to his position shaking his head. Bosnia And Hercegovina's Miro Sejdić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cezmi Hececi in the 39th minute of play. Miro Sejdić made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Turgut Soyuer sent off a good shot on target. In the 43rd match minute, Turkey was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Semail Ulusoy to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Turgut Soyuer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Miro Sejdić was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Miro Sejdić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Turgut Soyuer, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Anel Svetkić was the one to do the kick off. Anel Svetkić could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Cankut Wakabayashi made a huge save. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Turkey's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Oliver Petranović was slow to take the kick. During this time Bosnia And Hercegovina's players had a chance to rest. In the 56th minute, Turgut Soyuer made a precise shot to the right of Miro Sejdić. Bosnia And Hercegovina's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Turgut Soyuer's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Miro Sejdić read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. The throw-in from Zumbul Nurković in the 65th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Turkey's Recep Çetin. 75 minutes into the game, Dževad Kasimović was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bosnia And Hercegovina's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Turkey the free kick. In the 75th minute, Dževad Kasimović hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Turkey's Ali Nurettin was substituted for Arman Ersan. Turkey made a substitution. Hüsmen Akbulut replaced Turgut Soyuer. After 76 played minutes Bosnia And Hercegovina got a freekick which was hit by Dževad Kasimović. 78 minutes into the match, Turkey's goal looked a bit too open when Dževad Kasimović came free, but Cankut Wakabayashi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 81st minute, Bosnia And Hercegovina's Asmir Ivešić ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cankut Wakabayashi. Cankut Wakabayashi yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. Cankut Wakabayashi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dževad Kasimović in the 85th minute of the match. Cankut Wakabayashi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dževad Kasimović in the 85th minute of play. Miro Sejdić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hüsmen Akbulut, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hüsmen Akbulut made a great header on Turkey's corner, it was just that Bosnia And Hercegovina's Miro Sejdić managed to reach the ball for a save. Miro Sejdić stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hüsmen Akbulut's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. Turkey were awarded a corner in the 93th minute after Bosnia And Hercegovina's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Baltazar Delioğlu took the corner. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Turkey were victorious despite being under pressure from Bosnia And Hercegovina for much of the match.