U23 World League

KaraFIRTINA Stadium
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Viktor Benet started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Balaban Akçam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robin Höijer in the 3rd minute of play. In the 7th minute, Abdulkadir Ömür ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Balaban Akçam was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 11 minutes into the game, Broakulla's Abdulkadir Ömür nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Balaban Akçam made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Abdulkadir Ömür fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Balaban Akçam having to interfere. Balaban Akçam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viktor Benet in the 20th minute of the match. Balaban Akçam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin Höijer in the 26th minute of the match. Balaban Akçam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdulkadir Ömür in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdulkadir Ömür in the 31st minute of play forced ƒ¢ кคгค๔єภเz Ŧıгtıภครı's goalkeeper Balaban Akçam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute Robin Höijer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Balaban Akçam saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Mark Tingelholm almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ƒ¢ кคгค๔єภเz Ŧıгtıภครı's Balaban Akçam did a great save. In the 43rd minute Viktor Benet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Balaban Akçam saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by ƒ¢ кคгค๔єภเz Ŧıгtıภครı's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mark Tingelholm was slow to take the kick. During this time Broakulla's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Broakulla's Viktor Benet getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Sungurbey Ersunal charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sungurbey Ersunal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 46th match minute, ƒ¢ кคгค๔єภเz Ŧıгtıภครı was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sungurbey Ersunal to maneuver through the defense. Broakulla's Robin Höijer got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Calle Beck made the kick off in the second half. Zdzislaw Zgonina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Balaban Akçam tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, ƒ¢ кคгค๔єภเz Ŧıгtıภครı's Balaban Akçam got control of the ball when Robin Höijer tried to sneak it across the goal line. Balaban Akçam made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Robin Höijer sent off a good shot on target. Broakulla's Jon Markusson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Calle Beck in the 64th minute of play. ƒ¢ кคгค๔єภเz Ŧıгtıภครı's Calle Beck got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 70th minute Abdulkadir Ömür shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Balaban Akçam saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robin Höijer got free with Balaban Akçam in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Balaban Akçam made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Robin Höijer sent off a good shot on target. Balaban Akçam didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 78th minute, which inside left pole to 1-3. In the 82nd minute, Broakulla's Robin Höijer dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-4. In the 89th minute Viktor Benet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Balaban Akçam saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 93rd minute, Bedirhan Tankoç ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jon Markusson was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. Broakulla played a much better game than ƒ¢ кคгค๔єภเz Ŧıгtıภครı and deserved their victory. The ƒ¢ кคгค๔єภเz Ŧıгtıภครı players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.