U21 World League

KOO Park
Spectators: 10833 (Terracing: 8138, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 200) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos started the match with the kick off. Uğuralp Vasfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicklas Smitt in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th play minute Robert Collen came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Fabio Santilli. 1-0. In the 11th minute, Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KIA KAHA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Uğuralp Vasfi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Uğuralp Vasfi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicklas Smitt in the 24th minute of the match. Björn Ahlberg charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Björn Ahlberg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, KIA KAHA's Björn Ahlberg got a free kick in the 28th minute. A collision led to KIA KAHA getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Nicklas Smitt hit a great ball. Emin Bayram could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Fabio Santilli made a huge save. In the 39th match minute, KIA KAHA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stanislaw Modliszewski to maneuver through the defense. 41 minutes in the game Roberto-Carlos Björklund got a great opportunity which he missed by shooting outside the goal. Kong Zhou Li got a throw-in 43 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Nicklas Smitt. After some careless play in the KOO Tigers defense, Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Uğuralp Vasfi. The KOO Tigers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Uğuralp Vasfi should have stopped the shot. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Robert Collen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, KIA KAHA's goal looked a bit too open when Alfonso Cordario came free, but Fabio Santilli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th minute Alfonso Cordario shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabio Santilli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Uğuralp Vasfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos in the 56th minute of play. Emin Bayram sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. KIA KAHA made a substitution. Billy Andberg replaced Nicklas Smitt. KIA KAHA made a substitution. Marcelino Calzada replaced Thomas Corredor. KIA KAHA's Fabio Santilli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kudret Şükrü in the 72nd minute of play. Fabio Santilli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xiao Yu Chao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Uğuralp Vasfi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Glanselius, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. When the final whistle sounded KIA KAHA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than KOO Tigers.