Istanbul 2-2 Hamburg

By: Blak Lawmaker

With Istanbul sitting in 8th place with 6 points needed the win from this fixture to go higher in the table. On the other hand, Hamburg comfortably sat in 2nd with 9 points, and had nothing to worry about Istanbul played a 4-3-1-2 and Hamburg played a 4-3-3 But in the 21st minute Istanbul was determined to shut her up as Wawa sent a good ball down to Cantalupi who took two touches and sent it down to Lodric who slotted it into the bottom corner Hamburg didn't give up though, as soon as they kicked off in the 22nd minute, Soul Machi sent a big ball down to Oscar Piastri who managed to run past Rocky D' Gaud and he shot and scored hitting it off the post but it deflected off the keeper and into the back of the net The first half ended 1-1. Istanbul dominated the first half but Hamburg had a very excellent fighting spirit to score the equalizer After some specific changes, the second half was under-way The beginning of the 2nd half was dry until the 52nd minute, Istanbul was on the attack as Du Lac crossed a ball into the box but Muka Lodric missed the simple tap-in which could have gotten them back in the lead Istanbul was determined to take the lead back, and in the 72nd minute, Rahimi passed the ball to Lederman Jr. who twisted the feet of the defenders and scored to put Istanbul back in the lead But once again as the whistle went off in the 73rd minute, Soul Machi sent it up to Rosser who played a through ball to Akiyama Hernandez and all he had to do was beat the keeper in a 1v1 and he scored to make it 2-2 The game ended 2-2 with Istanbul on 7 points in 7th place (+1) which puts them ahead of London WW. On the other hand, Hamburg adds one point and makes it 10 points which leaves them in 2nd place (+/-0).