Challenge

Gürsel Aksel
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rory McCarthy kicked off to start the match. Rory McCarthy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to GÖZTEPE SK getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Uluç Berkman hit a great ball. 11 minutes into the match, Arron Conlon notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of GÖZTEPE SK's Utkan Ortaç. Utkan Ortaç was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mohammad Hasan made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Orbay Samin sent off a good shot on target. Nicholas Perrin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maya Angelou Birds's Mohammad Hasan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicente Flores in the 25th minute of play. Utkan Ortaç took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arron Conlon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute, Rory McCarthy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Utkan Ortaç was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 38th minute Nicholas Perrin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Utkan Ortaç saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Utkan Ortaç took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicholas Perrin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Richard Louks hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Maya Angelou Birds's Rory McCarthy got a free kick in the 44th minute. 47 minutes into the game, Rory McCarthy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Utkan Ortaç 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vicente Flores to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute of the match Maya Angelou Birds got a corner. GÖZTEPE SK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Arron Conlon ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Maya Angelou Birds's Michael Noble getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 58thth minute of the game Michael Noble who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GÖZTEPE SK's Utkan Ortaç was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Utkan Ortaç made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rory McCarthy in the 61st minute of play. Michael Noble sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Maya Angelou Birds getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Nicholas Perrin hit a great ball. After 68 played minutes GÖZTEPE SK got a freekick which was hit by Orbay Samin. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vicente Flores in the 74th minute of play forced Maya Angelou Birds's goalkeeper Mohammad Hasan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to GÖZTEPE SK getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Vicente Flores hit a great ball. In the 79th minute, Arron Conlon reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Utkan Ortaç. The goal made the score 0-4. In the 82nd minute Orbay Samin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohammad Hasan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mohammad Hasan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iakovos Papadimas in the 83rd minute of the match. Mohammad Hasan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iakovos Papadimas in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 85th minute Michael Noble shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Utkan Ortaç saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th minute, Nicholas Perrin made a precise shot to the right of Utkan Ortaç. GÖZTEPE SK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. If Rory McCarthy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rory McCarthy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.