U18 World League

Vallis Laeta stadium
Spectators: 7477 (Terracing: 5609, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ali Erdem Yalınç took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Ali Erdem Yalınç hit a great ball. Ali Erdem Yalınç took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Steve Desse. Steve Desse dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Valette Stars's Cheikh Toullec couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 9th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR. When Isaac Mérigot fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Valette Stars's protests and gave Isaac Mérigot a yellow card for diving instead. Isaac Mérigot hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Valette Stars's Steve Desse played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hayrullah Ağcabey in the 16th minute of play. Steve Desse made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mustafa Ali Baysu in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th match minute, Valette Stars was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Émilien Gentilhomme to maneuver through the defense. 19 minutes into the match, Ali Erdem Yalınç notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Valette Stars's Steve Desse. Steve Desse was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 23 minutes, Victorien Jaulin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Valette Stars's supporters crossed their fingers, but Victorien Jaulin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Fatih İlkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Steve Desse took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Erdem Yalınç, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 34 minutes into the match, GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR's goalkeeper Kılıçalp Öksak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gaspard Héraud. 36 minutes into the match, Valette Stars's goal looked a bit too open when Mustafa Ali Baysu came free, but Steve Desse reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hakkı Onur Geylani lost his temper 40 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The supporters of Valette Stars booed when GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hakkı Onur Geylani didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR's Mustafa Ekrem Ilgın got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Émilien Gentilhomme to make the kick off. Fatih İlkin hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Steve Desse made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hayrullah Ağcabey in the 55th minute. Kılıçalp Öksak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eddy Raoult, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kılıçalp Öksak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Émilien Gentilhomme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Mustafa Ali Baysu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Steve Desse was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Noureddine Roudil kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. 72 minutes into the game, Valette Stars's Victorien Jaulin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kılıçalp Öksak made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Valette Stars's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hayrullah Ağcabey was slow to take the kick. During this time GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR's players had a chance to rest. After a rather tough play, Valette Stars's Émilien Gentilhomme got a free kick in the 79th minute. 80 minutes into the game, Mustafa Ali Baysu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Valette Stars the free kick. In the 80th match minute, GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mustafa Ali Baysu to maneuver through the defense. 85 minutes into the match, GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR's Mustafa Ali Baysu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Steve Desse narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Aybar Arıkhan came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR 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 Aybar Arıkhan couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hayrullah Ağcabey in the 88th minute of play forced Valette Stars's goalkeeper Steve Desse to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute, Ali Erdem Yalınç ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Steve Desse was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. The GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing GeNÇ ÇoTaNaKLaR would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.