World League

KARAKARTAL
Spectators: 7825 (Terracing: 5870, Seating: 1799, VIP seats: 156) YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's Mesut Onursu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Utku Yuvakuran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manole Miulescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute Qian Jie Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Utku Yuvakuran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 8th minute, Daniel Pancu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Thanks to YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's goalie finding himself so far out he could grab the ball Olaf Kööp tried to make a shot after getting passed the defense. Utku Yuvakuran seemed to really have strength and confidence after that save. In the 19th minute, Manole Miulescu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Utku Yuvakuran was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manole Miulescu in the 23rd minute of play forced YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's goalkeeper Utku Yuvakuran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's Utku Yuvakuran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giancarlo Antognoni in the 26th minute of play. Galip Kutalmış came free with the goalkeeper in the 29th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Marko Ööpik could save by the left post. Utku Yuvakuran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giancarlo Antognoni in the 30th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mesut Onursu got free with Marko Ööpik in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Manole Miulescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Giancarlo Antognoni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Utku Yuvakuran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giancarlo Antognoni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

Armageddon's Manole Miulescu quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ramiro Teles, made in the 51st minute of the game. Utku Yuvakuran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manole Miulescu in the 53rd minute of the match. After 55 played minutes YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ got a freekick which was hit by Herbert Serwacki. Marko Ööpik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Pancu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marko Ööpik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mesut Onursu, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Marko Ööpik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Galip Kutalmış in the 61st minute of the match. Utku Yuvakuran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manole Miulescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Daniel Pancu scored 2-1 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marko Ööpik, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Armageddon made a substitution. Michel Legdeur replaced Manole Miulescu. Utku Yuvakuran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michel Legdeur in the 69th minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's goalkeeper Utku Yuvakuran had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Giancarlo Antognoni. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mesut Onursu in the 78th minute of play forced Armageddon's goalkeeper Marko Ööpik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's Utku Yuvakuran proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ from getting a goal against them. Marko Ööpik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Galip Kutalmış, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Utku Yuvakuran made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Giancarlo Antognoni sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Giancarlo Antognoni got free with Utku Yuvakuran in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match clock showed 89 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Giancarlo Antognoni sped through YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Utku Yuvakuran. YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ made a substitution. Hjalmar Pettersson replaced Mesut Onursu. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Michel Legdeur in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Utku Yuvakuran prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.