SL 3 - 8 türk*dadas (388998104)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Sarılacivert Arena saw a crowd turnout of 14463. Foppe Meijland was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rodolphe Guihard and Johan Paulsson. SL tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Türkcan - Ok, Edgü - Tadık, Ciuvică, Kuşçu, Stefkovics, Refiğ - Cucuieţ, Izvoranu, Radnai.

türk*dadas had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Eis - Božić, Barletta, Vraj - Norrlund, Zduńczyk, Feldmann, Jama, Amirzadeh - Niculae, Mestrallet.

türk*dadas were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. After a fine move down the middle A. Refiğ nearly gave the home side a goal after 2 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. M. Vraj received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 9 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. E. Cucuieţ dispatched a majestic long shot 9 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres. türk*dadas were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 10 minutes, J. Norrlund swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 0 - 1. After the ball was lifted in from the left, L. Barletta was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 14 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. 14 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as B. Amirzadeh finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. SL's A. Refiğ was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - T. Izvoranu managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 2 after 18 minutes. After a short break after 25 minutes, türk*dadas seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. After 28 minutes E. Cucuieţ made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to G. Radnai who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 2 - 2. After 29 minutes, türk*dadas's B. Amirzadeh made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 2 - 3. türk*dadas's M. Vraj got himself booked for a foul. G. Radnai showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 31 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 3 - 3 equaliser away. 3 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to türk*dadas, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

türk*dadas were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. With 55 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. M. Jama put the ball away for 3 - 4. 59 minutes in, türk*dadas's J. Norrlund received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. In the lead, türk*dadas adjusted their style of play with 63 minutes gone. After 68 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed M. Niculae to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 3 - 5. After 71 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for M. Jama who increased türk*dadas's lead to 3 - 6. The türk*dadas players could smell victory in the air. M. Niculae wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for L. Cassia after 82 minutes. With 82 minutes played, türk*dadas put themselves up 3 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was C. Mestrallet. SL's N. Tadık left the field after 82 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was A. Erkoç. The visitors' M. Jama took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 85 minutes into the match. 3 - 8 for türk*dadas. At that, M. Jama was noted down for a hat trick! Confident in their lead, türk*dadas's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. türk*dadas enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

T. Izvoranu performed admirably for SL. However, Z. Türkcan made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating türk*dadas player was without a doubt C. Mestrallet. J. Norrlund was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 8.