U18 World League

Fortaleza de Camelot
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Jean Ferraz started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Fabinho Sanches showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 10th match minute, ♞Sir Galahad FC♞ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romeu Romero to maneuver through the defense. ♞Sir Galahad FC♞'s Fabinho Sanches played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu in the 15th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wilfred Zaha in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fabinho Sanches prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jean Ferraz kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of ♞Sir Galahad FC♞'s Fabinho Sanches. Fabinho Sanches was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marquinhos de Barros charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marquinhos de Barros the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ♞Sir Galahad FC♞ getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Marquinhos de Barros hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in ♞Sir Galahad FC♞'s zone, Wilfred Zaha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabinho Sanches came out of the goal and Wilfred Zaha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Wilfred Zaha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wilfred Zaha scored 0-4 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabinho Sanches, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A nice corner shot did that Kamer Şensal got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fabinho Sanches quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After the first half KOCAELİSPOR were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Mustafa Emrah Mertoğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean Ferraz, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu got free with Fabinho Sanches in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, ♞Sir Galahad FC♞'s Artur Domingues got a free kick in the 65th minute. In the 66th minute, Artur Domingues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wilfred Zahas short, quick shot in the 72ndth minute got Fabinho Sanches to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 72 played minutes KOCAELİSPOR got a freekick which was hit by Arslan Kamran. After some careless play in the KOCAELİSPOR defense, Tião Carneiro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mustafa Emrah Mertoğlu. The KOCAELİSPOR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mustafa Emrah Mertoğlu should have stopped the shot. In the 80th minute, Cumali Aktaç hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 84 played minutes KOCAELİSPOR got a freekick which was hit by Semih Eraslan. When Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored KOCAELİSPOR's protests and gave Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu a yellow card for diving instead. After 87 played minutes KOCAELİSPOR got a freekick which was hit by Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu. KOCAELİSPOR's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.