U18 World League

Gigante de Arenillas
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mustafa Namık Raşit got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa Namık Raşit in the 4th minute of play forced Atlético Arenillas's goalkeeper Asencio Ecija to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute, Bektaş Ali Timuroz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ defense, Valentine Yepes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bedih Sefik. The ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bedih Sefik should have stopped the shot. 22 minutes into the match, ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ's goalkeeper Bedih Sefik had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eugenio Lopidana. Valentine Yepes's late challenge caught a ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valentine Yepes helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th match minute, Atlético Arenillas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentine Yepes to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Atlético Arenillas's zone, Mustafa Namık Raşit stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Asencio Ecija came out of the goal and Mustafa Namık Raşit tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Batu Cem Önateş fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Asencio Ecija having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, Abdurrahman Aslan 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. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Mustafa Namık Raşit put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Asencio Ecija. In the 38th minute Mustafa Namık Raşit shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Asencio Ecija saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ's Mustafa Namık Raşit in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Atlético Arenillas's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mustafa Namık Raşit in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Asencio Ecija saved Atlético Arenillas from getting behind. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valentine Yepes made a kick off. A hard shot 58 in the game by Mustafa Namık Raşit from a close distance when the talented Asencio Ecija managed to make a qualified save. Atlético Arenillas's players were relieved. Abdurrahman Aslan's late challenge caught a Atlético Arenillas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdurrahman Aslan helped the player get up and apologised. In the 61st minute, Abdurrahman Aslan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Atlético Arenillas getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Eugenio Lopidana hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Mustafa Namık Raşit took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Asencio Ecija to make any attempt to save it. Asencio Ecija stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mustafa Namık Raşit's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. Atak Türegün was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 74 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 73rd minute. Penalty! Xavier Martijana charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xavier Martijana the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Asencio Ecija acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 83rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Erbatur Okatay. The supporters of ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ booed when Atlético Arenillas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentine Yepes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mustafa Namık Raşit might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Asencio Ecija. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mustafa Namık Raşit ran back to his position shaking his head. Mustafa Namık Raşit could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Asencio Ecija made a huge save. ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ played a much better game than Atlético Arenillas and deserved their victory. The Atlético Arenillas players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.