U23 League

ST Lions Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Durmuş Öner started the match with the kick off. Burç Tuncel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olcay Orkun Tümkan in the 8th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Olcay Orkun Tümkan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Burç Tuncel. ST Lions FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Olcay Orkun Tümkan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Necmettin Bektaş in the 14th minute of play forced ST Lions FC's goalkeeper Burç Tuncel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 23 played minutes ST Lions FC got a freekick which was hit by Hakan Derim. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Olcay Orkun Tümkan in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Burç Tuncel saved ST Lions FC from getting behind. Burç Tuncel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maksymilian Wallach in the 24th minute of the match. A collision led to Machu Picchu getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Mehmet Ferit Tura hit a great ball. When Hakkı Onur Yalgın fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ST Lions FC's protests and gave Hakkı Onur Yalgın a yellow card for diving instead. In the 26th minute, Hakkı Onur Yalgın hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Durmuş Öner charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Durmuş Öner the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksymilian Wallach in the 31st minute of play forced ST Lions FC's goalkeeper Burç Tuncel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to ST Lions FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Yalçın Zeyni hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mehmet Ferit Tura in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Burç Tuncel saved ST Lions FC from getting behind. Ahmet Hayri Tüzeman hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. ST Lions FC's Burç Tuncel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olcay Orkun Tümkan in the 37th minute of play. 39 minutes into the game, Machu Picchu's Mehmet Ferit Tura nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Burç Tuncel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After some careless play in the ST Lions FC defense, Olcay Orkun Tümkan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Burç Tuncel. The ST Lions FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Burç Tuncel should have stopped the shot. Özdemir Kutlualp kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Yalçın Zeyni lost his temper 46 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Yalçın Zeyni hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Ramazan Yalkı didn't quite understand what happened when in the 48 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet.

Hakkı Onur Yalgın scored 1-3 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Francesco Toldo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Burç Tuncel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olcay Orkun Tümkan in the 61st minute of the match. After 61 minutes, Özdemir Kutlualp mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ST Lions FC and the Machu Picchu players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 62nd match minute, ST Lions FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Özdemir Kutlualp to maneuver through the defense. Resulhan Oğurata's late challenge caught a ST Lions FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Resulhan Oğurata helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ST Lions FC booed when Machu Picchu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Resulhan Oğurata didn't get a good kick on the ball. Burç Tuncel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olcay Orkun Tümkan in the 65th minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Hakkı Onur Yalgın ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Francesco Toldo was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. Olcay Orkun Tümkan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Burç Tuncel having to make a save. Olcay Orkun Tümkan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Burç Tuncel came out and tried to block the shot, but Olcay Orkun Tümkan slotted it home off the left post making it 3-4 in the 77th minute. Maksymilian Wallach could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Burç Tuncel made a huge save. Burç Tuncel had great luck who in the 82ndth minute grab hold of the ball when Maksymilian Wallach from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Olcay Orkun Tümkan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Burç Tuncel made a huge save. The supporters of Machu Picchu booed when ST Lions FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hüseyin Turan Usun didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Machu Picchu booed when ST Lions FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmet Hayri Tüzeman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ramazan Yalkı's late challenge caught a ST Lions FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ramazan Yalkı helped the player get up and apologised. ST Lions FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 93rd minute, when Olcay Orkun Tümkan scored to the left of an out of position Burç Tuncel, making the score, 3-5. Maksymilian Wallach's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Burç Tuncel firmly grabbed it by the left post.