U23 World League

Stade St. Léonard
Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ali Yiğit started the match with the kick off. Ejder Özsan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Knechtli having to interfere. Olympique Fribourg's Dany Wiesenberg got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 10th minute, Ejder Özsan 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. 12 minutes into the match, İZZEDDİN EL KASSAM TUGAYI's goalkeeper Barlas Aksoy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Medero Gadea. Barlas Aksoy made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Téo Savion sent off a good shot on target. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Olympique Fribourg's goalkeeper Patrick Knechtli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Naci Tekinay in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Patrick Knechtli prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 19th minute Ali Yiğit shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Knechtli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st minute, Hayati Bardakçı hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute, Téo Savion made a precise shot to the right of Barlas Aksoy. İZZEDDİN EL KASSAM TUGAYI's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Hayati Bardakçı kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Barlas Aksoy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Raik Topuz's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by İZZEDDİN EL KASSAM TUGAYI's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Schroeder was slow to take the kick. During this time Olympique Fribourg's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Olympique Fribourg's Daniel Schroeder to fire away a dangerous shot which Barlas Aksoy despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Herve Muller kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Barlas Aksoy. That made the score 2-0 in the 36 minute of play. After 40 minutes Olympique Fribourg's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ziya Onur Tandoruk who took care of the corner kick. İZZEDDİN EL KASSAM TUGAYI's Ziya Onur Tandoruk was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Patrick Knechtli in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Ali Yiğit's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrick Knechtli was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Münir Özgulec sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Raik Topuz made the kick off in the second half. Ejder Özsan's late challenge caught a Olympique Fribourg's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ejder Özsan helped the player get up and apologised. Raik Topuz might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Barlas Aksoy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Raik Topuz ran back to his position shaking his head. After 59 minutes Olympique Fribourg's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ziya Onur Tandoruk who took care of the corner kick. The corner led İZZEDDİN EL KASSAM TUGAYI's Ziya Onur Tandoruk to fire away a dangerous shot which Patrick Knechtli despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Patrick Knechtli made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Ejder Özsan sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Téo Savion's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Barlas Aksoy was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Hayati Bardakçı kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Raik Topuz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Barlas Aksoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Patrick Knechtli made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Ali Yiğit sent off a good shot on target. Berat Bayraktar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Knechtli having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Claude Gmür hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Olympique Fribourg's Patrick Knechtli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naci Tekinay in the 84th minute of play. In the 85th minute of the match İZZEDDİN EL KASSAM TUGAYI got a corner. Olympique Fribourg's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ziya Onur Tandoruk ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led İZZEDDİN EL KASSAM TUGAYI's Ziya Onur Tandoruk to fire away a dangerous shot which Patrick Knechtli despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Barlas Aksoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herve Muller in the 88th minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Olympique Fribourg fans cheered their team off the field, for while İZZEDDİN EL KASSAM TUGAYI had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.