National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Charly Lemoine started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute Charly Lemoine shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Halit Ziya Şahdar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 3rdth minute of the game Charly Lemoine who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Turkey's Halit Ziya Şahdar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Charles-Emmanuel Boisson kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Jean-Philippe Cuny made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Yağız Türel sent off a good shot on target. When U21 France's Eden Badin in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Turkey's goalie prevented a goal. Jean-Philippe Cuny made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Rahman İzzet sent off a good shot on target. U21 Turkey made a substitution. Emin Derem replaced Nejat Alp Ökmener. In the 26th minute Mustafa Yaşar Torgay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jean-Philippe Cuny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jean-Philippe Cuny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa Yaşar Torgay in the 28th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa Yaşar Torgay in the 29th minute of play forced U21 France's goalkeeper Jean-Philippe Cuny to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 France's Allan Chalard managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Emin Derem in the 33 minute of the game. Halit Ziya Şahdar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eden Badin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Halit Ziya Şahdar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Charly Lemoine, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charly Lemoine in the 36th minute of play forced U21 Turkey's goalkeeper Halit Ziya Şahdar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute, Charly Lemoine ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Halit Ziya Şahdar was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Jean-Philippe Cuny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Ceyhan Kocaman in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half U21 France were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mustafa Yaşar Torgay to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50thth minute of the game Rahman İzzet who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 France's Jean-Philippe Cuny was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 57 minutes U21 France's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Yağız Türel who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Yağız Türel almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but U21 France's Jean-Philippe Cuny did a great save. Ahmet Ceyhan Kocaman 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. Jean-Philippe Cuny made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Ceyhan Kocaman in the 65th minute of play. U21 France's Mathias Pionnier was substituted for Eden Badin. U21 France's Joachim Mahieux was substituted for Allan Chalard. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 France's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yağız Türel was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Turkey's players had a chance to rest. Charles-Emmanuel Boisson thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Jean-Philippe Cuny, a very annoying self made goal in the 68th minute which led to 1-1. In the 73rd minute, Ahmet Ceyhan Kocaman made a precise shot to the right of Jean-Philippe Cuny. U21 France's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Halit Ziya Şahdar made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Thibaut Gallego sent off a good shot on target. In the 85th minute of the match U21 Turkey got a corner. U21 France's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yağız Türel ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led U21 Turkey's Yağız Türel to fire away a dangerous shot which Jean-Philippe Cuny despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Halit Ziya Şahdar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mathias Pionnier in the 94th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Rahman İzzet managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 Turkey's supporters rose to their feet, but Rahman İzzet was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jean-Philippe Cuny breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. U21 Turkey had won after a very even match.