U18 World League

CeRRaHPaŞa ARENA
Spectators: 7961 (Terracing: 5972, Seating: 1831, VIP seats: 158) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rain Vellend took the kick off in the first half of the match. Berk Yumlu struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. Kaur Onkel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ► CeRR aHPaS a J K◄. After 10 minutes of play, Kutsikad's Ernst Ande made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gökay Işıklar was left in no man's land by his defense there! Escobar Pablo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Kaur Onkel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 19 minutes into the game, Rain Vellend cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Gökay Işıklar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mattias Jusson's late challenge caught a ► CeRR aHPaS a J K◄'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mattias Jusson helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ► CeRR aHPaS a J K◄ booed when Kutsikad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mattias Jusson didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Erol Uğursay came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the ► CeRR aHPaS a J K◄ 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 Erol Uğursay couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet as ► CeRR aHPaS a J K◄'s Ali Emir İltay slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Kaur Onkel. That made the score 1-2 after 27 minutes of play. Kaur Onkel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erol Uğursay in the 29th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erol Uğursay in the 36th minute of play forced Kutsikad's goalkeeper Kaur Onkel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ► CeRR aHPaS a J K◄'s Erol Uğursay got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erol Uğursay to make the kick off. In the 51st match minute, ► CeRR aHPaS a J K◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pablo-Enrique Escobar to maneuver through the defense. 1-3 became the score in the 53rd minute when Mehis Ruusamäe elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Berk Yumlu in the 59th minute of play forced Kutsikad's goalkeeper Kaur Onkel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th match minute, ► CeRR aHPaS a J K◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Berk Yumlu to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute, Rain Vellend left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kutsikad fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. 66 minutes into the match, Kutsikad's goal looked a bit too open when Erol Uğursay came free, but Kaur Onkel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Berk Yumlu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kaur Onkel having to interfere. If Erol Uğursay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Berk Yumlu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Ernst Ande took a quick shot and it went in 1-5 without a chance for Gökay Işıklar to make any attempt to save it. 83 minutes into the match, Rain Vellend dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gökay Işıklar, 1-7. After 88 minutes, Pablo-Enrique Escobar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ► CeRR aHPaS a J K◄ and the Kutsikad players grew even worse after the yellow card. Pablo-Enrique Escobar kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. In the 90th match minute, Kutsikad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernst Ande to maneuver through the defense. Ain Teras hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Kaur Onkel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Berk Yumlu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mehis Ruusamäe hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Kutsikad had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.