U18 World League

phoenix arena
Spectators: 7547 (Terracing: 5662, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Metin Yaltırak took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 5 minutes, Abdi Saygın Çubukcu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the G . S A R A Y and the Tabalongo AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, G . S A R A Y's Abdi Saygın Çubukcu got a free kick in the 5th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ahmet Ege Topçay got free with Ruyman Amenábar in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Marcos Francisco Campbell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cafer Hekimoğlu was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Cafer Hekimoğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavio Orden in the 13th minute of play. Cafer Hekimoğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Flavio Orden in the 14th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Metin Yaltırak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ruyman Amenábar was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Cafer Hekimoğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yoel Prado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ruyman Amenábar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Metin Yaltırak in the 31st minute of play. G . S A R A Y's Abdi Saygın Çubukcu got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 34th match minute, Tabalongo AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lucero Smith to maneuver through the defense. After 38 played minutes, G . S A R A Y's Kuntaka Kint shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ruyman Amenábar came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in G . S A R A Y reached it. In the 42nd minute, Flavio Orden left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tabalongo AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. In the 46th minute, Yoel Prado got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yoel Prado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes, Ahmet Ege Topçay made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Tabalongo AFC's Ruyman Amenábar tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 55th minute, Reyes Cuadra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 56 minutes into the match, Tabalongo AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Metin Yaltırak came free, but Ruyman Amenábar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Ahmet Ege Topçay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Reyes Cuadra's late challenge caught a G . S A R A Y's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reyes Cuadra helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Tabalongo AFC getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Reyes Cuadra hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Metin Yaltırak in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ruyman Amenábar saved Tabalongo AFC from getting behind. After 67 played minutes G . S A R A Y got a freekick which was hit by Kuntaka Kint. In the 70th minute, Reyes Cuadra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcos Francisco Campbell 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. Metin Yaltırak scored 3-1 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ruyman Amenábar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 84 played minutes G . S A R A Y got a freekick which was hit by Abdi Saygın Çubukcu. After having played for 89 minutes, Metin Yaltırak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. G . S A R A Y's supporters crossed their fingers, but Metin Yaltırak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. G . S A R A Y's Ahmet Ege Topçay got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Metin Yaltırak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ruyman Amenábar was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. After having played for 95 minutes, Metin Yaltırak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. G . S A R A Y's supporters crossed their fingers, but Metin Yaltırak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. G . S A R A Y were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Tabalongo AFC for a fine match.