U23 World League

NTA
Spectators: 7646 (Terracing: 5736, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rune Tronstad started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the match, ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's goal looked a bit too open when Rune Grøndalen came free, but Hıdır Sirri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind NTA19's goalkeeper Jan-Frode Aarseth, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 10 minutes into the match, ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's goalkeeper Hıdır Sirri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rune Tronstad. After 19 minutes ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jan-Kenneth Frøystad who took care of the corner kick. Rune Grøndalen was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 23rd minute, Yeşim Topcu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th minute, Rune Grøndalen made a precise shot to the right of Hıdır Sirri. ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Hıdır Sirri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rune Grøndalen in the 31st minute. Jan-Frode Aarseth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yeşim Topcu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rdth minute of the game Rune Tronstad who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's Hıdır Sirri was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. NTA19 were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jan-Kenneth Frøystad took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Christer Eidsvåg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hıdır Sirri quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Rune Grøndalen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hıdır Sirri was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. In the 45th minute, Mustafa Arif Özdoru hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Yeşim Topcu made a kick off. In the 50th match minute, ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ömer Topcu to maneuver through the defense. Hıdır Sirri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rune Grøndalen in the 52nd minute of the match. After 55 minutes ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jan-Kenneth Frøystad who took care of the corner kick. The corner led NTA19's Chris Godø to fire away a dangerous shot which Hıdır Sirri despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After a rather tough play, NTA19's Jan-Kenneth Frøystad got a free kick in the 58th minute. In the 61st minute Rune Grøndalen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hıdır Sirri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hıdır Sirri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rune Grøndalen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hıdır Sirri didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when NTA19's Rune Grøndalen shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Jan-Frode Aarseth made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yeşim Topcu in the 73rd minute. Jan-Kenneth Frøystad kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. If Turan Sıratullah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Akgün Yalınayak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Rune Grøndalen came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the NTA19 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rune Grøndalen couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's zone, Isaias Bernad stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hıdır Sirri came out of the goal and Isaias Bernad tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.