World League

İSTANBUL İNÖNÜ STADI
Spectators: 8099 (Terracing: 6076, Seating: 1862, VIP seats: 161) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edinson Haaland got the match started through his kick off. Sabri Erdoğan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dayo Kafadarov in the 9th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Edinson Haaland reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Altay Bayındır. The goal made the score 1-0. Seyfullah Acarbay made in the 22nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi's Maxim Șişman. After 24 played minutes AYYILDIZ got a freekick which was hit by Seyfullah Acarbay. Altay Bayındır made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Edinson Haaland sent off a good shot on target. Alp Arslan got a throw-in 36 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Edinson Haaland. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dayo Kafadarov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Dayo Kafadarov managed to get in a good position for a shot. SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi's supporters rose to their feet, but Dayo Kafadarov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sabri Erdoğan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by George Kitching during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 55th minute, George Kitching hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Edinson Haaland's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Altay Bayındır was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. A collision led to AYYILDIZ getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Ali Nejat Atay hit a great ball. In the 63rd match minute, AYYILDIZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Nejat Atay to maneuver through the defense. AYYILDIZ's Sabri Erdoğan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Prudencio Goiz in the 68th minute of play. After 74 played minutes SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi got a freekick which was hit by Maxim Șişman. Altay Bayındır showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulvi Gencal in the 81st minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edinson Haaland in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Altay Bayındır prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Prudencio Goiz came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Prudencio Goiz couldn't finish the play. AYYILDIZ made a substitution. Antonio Romino replaced Wolf Speed. SarıKırmızı F.Akademisi's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.