türk*dadas 3 - 1 Paklarspor (388998097)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12000 at ATATÜRK Olimpiyat Arena today. Lucjusz Komisarski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paul Holzmüllers and Trevor Velez. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for türk*dadas. Starters: Eis - Božić, Barletta, Vraj - Bardou, Zduńczyk, Feldmann, Jama, Amirzadeh - Niculae, Mestrallet.

Paklarspor started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Yüzüak - Özkam, de Liaño, Kauri, Masucci - Cornellana, Çalkılıç, Selekman, Canuto - Mura, Zarpas.

Today, türk*dadas's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Paklarspor immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. 0 - 1 was the score with 2 minutes played, after E. Mura cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Paklarspor. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave C. Mestrallet from türk*dadas a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 10 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A loud groan was heard from the fans of Paklarspor, as U. Özkam left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. S. Dufresne took his place on the field. E. Mura became the new Paklarspor captain. As the game started to slip away for türk*dadas, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. M. Vraj of türk*dadas was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Given a free kick close to the byline, türk*dadas tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let M. Niculae slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 1 - 1, 38 minutes into the game. K. Pesen was called on to replace türk*dadas's A. Bardou after 41 minutes following a nasty collision. Many thought M. Niculae ought to have been awarded a penalty 42 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around H. Yüzüak after a determined run through the middle. After 44 minutes of play, B. Amirzadeh gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by türk*dadas, with 59 percent of the ball.

At this time in the match, Paklarspor were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. After a short break after 62 minutes, türk*dadas seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. türk*dadas were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. türk*dadas's M. Jama increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 62 minutes. türk*dadas's L. Barletta had an excellent opportunity after 75 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! H. Yüzüak was caught napping as B. Amirzadeh lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper's arms. It was obvious that türk*dadas had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. With 78 minutes played, K. Pesen of türk*dadas fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. türk*dadas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

The most dominating türk*dadas player was without a doubt C. Mestrallet. However, R. Zduńczyk made a disastrous appearance. Paklarspor's top performer was clearly E. Mura. E. Çalkılıç on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.