Prized/Friendly Cup

Gold Raiders Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Batur Arslanoğlu kicked off to start the match. Atilano Herensuge fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Talha Çelebioğlu having to interfere. After having played for 13 minutes, Erasmo Oskarbi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Howling Dawn U18's supporters crossed their fingers, but Erasmo Oskarbi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Talha Çelebioğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Astor Manilan in the 15th minute of play. 16 minutes into the game, Astor Manilan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Talha Çelebioğlu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 20th minute, Astor Manilan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Talha Çelebioğlu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Talha Çelebioğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Bittor, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Luisito Pero's late challenge caught a Gold Raiders FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luisito Pero helped the player get up and apologised. In the 24th minute, Luisito Pero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Atilano Herensuge received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Talha Çelebioğlu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Astor Manilan scored 0-3 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Talha Çelebioğlu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gold Raiders FC's Talha Çelebioğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Bittor in the 35th minute of play. The supporters of Howling Dawn U18 booed when Gold Raiders FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gökalp Çağili didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Howling Dawn U18 getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Ildefonso Guter hit a great ball. If Astor Manilan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Juan Bittor to make the kick off. Talha Çelebioğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Astor Manilan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Gold Raiders FC's zone, Everardo Garoa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Talha Çelebioğlu came out of the goal and Everardo Garoa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Howling Dawn U18's Leon Roldan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Göktürk Salah in the 58th minute of play. Leon Roldan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serter Gökkuşağı in the 59th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Astor Manilan got free with Talha Çelebioğlu in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Juan Bittor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Talha Çelebioğlu was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. After 68 minutes of play, Gold Raiders FC's Batur Arslanoğlu made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leon Roldan was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 72nd minute Batur Arslanoğlu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leon Roldan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th match minute, Gold Raiders FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Serter Gökkuşağı to maneuver through the defense. Howling Dawn U18's Baltasar Walme was substituted for Juan Bittor. After a rather tough play, Gold Raiders FC's Serter Gökkuşağı got a free kick in the 75th minute. Astor Manilan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Talha Çelebioğlu made a huge save. Astor Manilan let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 80th minute shot 1-5 at rihgt post. 90 minutes into the match, Gold Raiders FC's goal looked a bit too open when Astor Manilan came free, but Talha Çelebioğlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Baltasar Walme's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Talha Çelebioğlu was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. The Howling Dawn U18 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.