U18 World League

FB Şükrü Saraçoğlu
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Henrik Wennersten took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamin Siöman in the 4th minute of play forced ÇALIMLI's goalkeeper Birkan Yağın to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to ÇALIMLI getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Refik Halit Kutuner hit a great ball. When Refik Halit Kutuner fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ÇALIMLI's protests and gave Refik Halit Kutuner a yellow card for diving instead. In the 8th match minute, ÇALIMLI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Refik Halit Kutuner to maneuver through the defense. Birkan Yağın showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sören Öfverman in the 11th minute of the match. ÇALIMLI's Birkan Yağın played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sören Öfverman in the 13th minute of play. Fadıl Özkan charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fadıl Özkan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Henrik Wennersten fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Birkan Yağın having to interfere. Fatih Oyanalp charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fatih Oyanalp the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 16th match minute, ÇALIMLI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fatih Oyanalp to maneuver through the defense. 24 minutes into the game, Ferid Özer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ÇALIMLI's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Örtomta Legends the free kick. Birkan Yağın made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrik Wennersten in the 26th minute of play. When Fatih Oyanalp was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 26 minutes had been played. A collision led to ÇALIMLI getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Fatih Oyanalp hit a great ball. If Fadıl Özkan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Henrik Wennersten took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Birkan Yağın. Birkan Yağın dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. During the 41st minute of the match Fadıl Özkan completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Fadıl Özkan a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 42nd minute, Fadıl Özkan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamin Siöman in the 43rd minute of play forced ÇALIMLI's goalkeeper Birkan Yağın to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henrik Wennersten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Birkan Yağın tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

After having played for 51 minutes, Henrik Wennersten managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Örtomta Legends's supporters crossed their fingers, but Henrik Wennersten was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Henrik Wennersten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Birkan Yağın made a huge save. In the 63rd minute, Sören Öfverman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Birkan Yağın. The goal made the score 0-2. With a little luck, ÇALIMLI's Birkan Yağın got control of the ball when Henrik Wennersten tried to sneak it across the goal line. Birkan Yağın made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin Siöman in the 72nd minute of play. Henrik Wennersten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Birkan Yağın made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Benjamin Siöman took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Birkan Yağın to make any attempt to save it. 79 minutes into the match, ÇALIMLI's goal looked a bit too open when Sören Öfverman came free, but Birkan Yağın reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of ÇALIMLI booed when Örtomta Legends was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Staffan Kihlberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to ÇALIMLI getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Ferid Özer hit a great ball.