League

ZENO ARENA
Spectators: 8071 (Terracing: 6055, Seating: 1856, VIP seats: 160) Yelken Spor's Roberto Dinamite 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. A collision led to ZENO getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Baskın Üstünbay hit a great ball. 5 minutes into the match, ZENO's goal looked a bit too open when Roberto Dinamite came free, but Erhun Ünver reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yelken Spor's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by İbrahim Efe Kayhan in the 6th minute. Mikail Afacan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Eriberto Dias made a huge save. ZENO were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after Yelken Spor's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. John Steinbeck took the corner. Yelken Spor's Eriberto Dias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baskın Üstünbay in the 16th minute of play. ZENO were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after Yelken Spor's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. John Steinbeck took the corner. After taking down the ball on ZENO's corner Baskın Üstünbay fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Eriberto Dias quite easily take care of the ball. Eriberto Dias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Utku Talha in the 19th minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, Yelken Spor's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Coelho came free, but Eriberto Dias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Yelken Spor's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. John Steinbeck was slow to take the kick. During this time ZENO's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Charles Bukowski managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Eriberto Dias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Coelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. If Roberto Dinamite had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eriberto Dias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Coelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Paulo Coelho might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eriberto Dias. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Paulo Coelho ran back to his position shaking his head. 46 minutes into the match, Yelken Spor's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Coelho came free, but Eriberto Dias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When ZENO's Paulo Coelho in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Yelken Spor's goalie prevented a goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Utku Talha made the kick off in the second half. Eriberto Dias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikail Afacan in the 54th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, ZENO's goal looked a bit too open when Roberto Dinamite came free, but Erhun Ünver reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yelken Spor's Eriberto Dias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charles Bukowski in the 66th minute of play. Eriberto Dias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikail Afacan, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Yelken Spor's Eriberto Dias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Utku Talha in the 69th minute of play. In the 70th match minute, Yelken Spor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bünyamin Tanbey to maneuver through the defense. If Osman Nuri İlter had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 78th minute of the match ZENO got a corner. Yelken Spor's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. John Steinbeck ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Rıfat Şahin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Yelken Spor's Eriberto Dias did a great save. 78 minutes into the game, Rıfat Şahin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Eriberto Dias was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 82nd minute, Paulo Coelho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ZENO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. 87 minutes into the match, Yelken Spor's Roberto Dinamite sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Erhun Ünver narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo Coelho in the 90th minute of play forced Yelken Spor's goalkeeper Eriberto Dias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There was no doubt that ZENO were the better team. ZENO's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.