World League

Topaltı Arena
Spectators: 8132 (Terracing: 6100, Seating: 1871, VIP seats: 161) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Steff Berckmans took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gürsel Aksel took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nils De Geutter. Nils De Geutter dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. 8 minutes in the game Hondo De Hond did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Dre Toeback. Nils De Geutter didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gürsel Aksel went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Gürsel Aksel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Nils De Geutter made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gürsel Aksel in the 12th minute. Serkan Kocaman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Nils De Geutter tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nils De Geutter stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gürsel Aksel's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. Gürsel Aksel hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Hondo De Hond made in the 31st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Dre Toeback immediately put the ball in play. In the 34th minute of the match Basmane Texas got a corner. North Hill United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Borys Budarz ran over to the corner to take the kick. Erik Allikmäe was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Nils De Geutter was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gürsel Aksel showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 47 minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. 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. Gürsel Aksel was the one to do the kick off. Serkan Kocaman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Nils De Geutter tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yao Zhou Jian struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. Franco Armani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for North Hill United. Basmane Texas's Risto Luite was substituted for Liviu Marinescu. In the 60th minute, Serkan Kocaman 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. After some careless play in the North Hill United defense, Gürsel Aksel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nils De Geutter. The North Hill United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nils De Geutter should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the North Hill United defense, Gürsel Aksel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nils De Geutter. The North Hill United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nils De Geutter should have stopped the shot. Gürsel Aksel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gürsel Aksel in the 71st minute of play forced North Hill United's goalkeeper Nils De Geutter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute, Gürsel Aksel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nils De Geutter was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. 76 minutes into the game, one of North Hill United:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Gürsel Aksel might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nils De Geutter. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gürsel Aksel ran back to his position shaking his head. Nils De Geutter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gürsel Aksel in the 82nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Gürsel Aksel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nils De Geutter was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gürsel Aksel in the 85th minute of play forced North Hill United's goalkeeper Nils De Geutter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Gürsel Aksel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Basmane Texas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. The audience was convinced that Gürsel Aksel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nils De Geutter was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. Basmane Texas's Ertuğrul İsmihan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Freek De Meyer, made in the 97th minute of the game. Nils De Geutter made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gürsel Aksel in the 98th minute of play.