U23 World League

CITY OF 1STANBUL
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) After 2 minutes, Battal Sertel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB and the FC Draconia players grew even worse after the yellow card. Battal Sertel kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's Battal Sertel got a free kick in the 6th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emran Akgün got free with Billie Serneels in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Billie Serneels made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emran Akgün in the 11th minute. A collision led to FC Draconia getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Franck Rutgeerts hit a great ball. 17 minutes in the game Leopold Weijnants did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Jerry Moerman. Akşemseddin Arslangiray made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liu Ming Jian in the 22nd minute of play. Liu Ming Jian kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Paco Fernandez-Solino kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's Battal Sertel broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Cedric Van Cleijnenbreugel hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. 37 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goal looked a bit too open when Emran Akgün came free, but Billie Serneels reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Draconia's Billie Serneels proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save FC Draconia from getting a goal against them. Billie Serneels made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Emran Akgün sent off a good shot on target. 43 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goal looked a bit too open when Halil Şener came free, but Billie Serneels reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Halil Şener was the one to do the kick off. After 51 minutes, Paco Fernandez-Solino mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Draconia and the 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC Draconia getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Paco Fernandez-Solino hit a great ball. Billie Serneels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emran Akgün in the 54th minute of play. Emran Akgün scored 3-0 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Billie Serneels, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jerry Moerman scored 3-1 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Akşemseddin Arslangiray, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The FC Draconia fans' excitement grew in the 64th match minute when FC Draconia's Liu Ming Jian looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Billie Serneels took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emran Akgün, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's Furkan Ünsal got a free kick in the 76th minute. Billie Serneels showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Battal Sertel in the 79th minute of the match. 80 minutes in the game, Gregoire Decorte fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Akşemseddin Arslangiray having to interfere. In the 86th minute Halil Şener shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Billie Serneels saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Emran Akgün's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Billie Serneels was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. In the 90thth minute of the game Emran Akgün who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Draconia's Billie Serneels was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Billie Serneels didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Halil Şener went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.