Recently Promoted Club, Istanbul wins against Norden at home
Written by Ted Iverson
Istanbul-Norden, the Turkish and Swedish clubs (respectively) face each other in Matchday 7 looking for the 3 points, Norden comes from a surprising victory against SC Hamburg, while Istanbul comes from losing against S2 Champions, Vienna Kontinental. After attempts by both teams, the first goal of the game appears, Norden scores the 1-0 in the 30th minute, thanks to a team play in which Pingu Nootazuki, Tyrese Harden, Thor Odinson and Kyle Zacharias, who scores a goal with the outside of his right foot. Norden celebrates the goal and the advantage in the match, but not for long, since after a long pass from the Istanbul captain, King Arthur, and some passes between Muka Lodric and Ethan Lederman Jr, Muka Lodric manages to make the 1-1 of the match in the 33rd minute with a great volley. The match would be 1-1 and would remain tied for a short time, 43rd minute and after an error on the part of the defense, Cartlon Drinkwater managed to score after hitting the post, allowing Istanbul to go to half time winning in the game 2-1 after going 0-1 in the 31st minute. After changing Tyrese Harden for Frederik Haaland for the second half, Norden was looking to score the goal to tie the game, and so it happened, in the 76th minute Kenan Bosnic made a beautiful pass for Pingo Nootazuki to make a volley, which ended in goal and tied the game 2-2 for now. A few minutes from the end, in the 83rd minute, Istanbul goes for the goal, Lodric passes the ball to Rahimi, who takes the shot, having a lot of space and ends up scoring 3-2 while the fans go crazy Norden tries to tie the game in the last minutes of the game, which does not happen and ends up losing 3-2, thanks to an incredible performance by the Istanbul attack, including Muka Lodric who ends up being the MOTM, with this result Istanbul gets 3 important points and right now has 10, while Norden continues with 8 points.