U21 World League

Dobrodosli v Peklu
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gürkan Akaydın got the match started through his kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Januš Fabjan during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Januš Fabjan hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Devin Gostiša showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herbie Sikalopoulos in the 6th minute of the match. In the 9th minute of the match Fajteri got a corner. Black Cloud FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Januš Fabjan ran over to the corner to take the kick. Januš Fabjan made a great header on Fajteri's corner, it was just that Black Cloud FC's Balaban Orcaner managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 11th minute, Herbie Sikalopoulos made a precise shot to the right of Devin Gostiša. Fajteri's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Devin Gostiša didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Herbie Sikalopoulos went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After 19 minutes, Herbie Sikalopoulos made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Fajteri's Devin Gostiša tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 22 minutes of play, Black Cloud FC's Herbie Sikalopoulos made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Devin Gostiša was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fajteri's Loris Češnovar suffered a sore thigh after 27 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Gürkan Akaydın's late challenge caught a Fajteri's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gürkan Akaydın helped the player get up and apologised. Fajteri's Emiljan Muhić was substituted for Loris Češnovar. The supporters of Fajteri booed when Black Cloud FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gürkan Akaydın didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 32 played minutes Fajteri got a freekick which was hit by Maximilian Stražišar. Herbie Sikalopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herbie Sikalopoulos in the 37th minute of play forced Fajteri's goalkeeper Devin Gostiša to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emiljan Muhić kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Devin Gostiša stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Herbie Sikalopoulos's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. When Emiljan Muhić fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fajteri's protests and gave Emiljan Muhić a yellow card for diving instead. After 43 played minutes Fajteri got a freekick which was hit by Emiljan Muhić. In the 44th minute Herbie Sikalopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Devin Gostiša saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gustaf Broman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fajteri's Devin Gostiša played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gürkan Akaydın in the 51st minute of play. In the 53rd minute, Herbie Sikalopoulos 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. After a defensive mix-up in Fajteri's zone, Gürkan Akaydın stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Devin Gostiša came out of the goal and Gürkan Akaydın tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Šimun Kerbler kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Herbie Sikalopoulos took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Devin Gostiša. Devin Gostiša dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. After 64 played minutes Fajteri got a freekick which was hit by Maximilian Stražišar. With a little luck, Fajteri's Devin Gostiša got control of the ball when Herbie Sikalopoulos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gürkan Akaydın fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Devin Gostiša having to interfere. Gürkan Akaydın recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Black Cloud FC's Balaban Orcaner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaf Broman in the 84th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Fajteri's Emiljan Muhić got a free kick in the 85th minute. In the 85th match minute Gürkan Akaydın ran free in the middle of the field and shot a long shot which scored behind a totally surprised Devin Gostiša. 0-8. The audience thought a goal was coming when Başaran Kuvvet got free with Devin Gostiša in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Devin Gostiša showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gürkan Akaydın, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Devin Gostiša was a little too slow when Gürkan Akaydın got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 94th minute. The score was now 0-9. Black Cloud FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.