World League

Koolkerke Stadion
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Robertinho Carabajal started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robertinho Carabajal got free with Yunus-Emre Cinkara in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Yunus-Emre Cinkara made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Robertinho Carabajal sent off a good shot on target. When Robertinho Carabajal came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the AFC Koolkerke 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 Robertinho Carabajal couldn't finish the play. In the 12th minute, AFC Koolkerke's Joseph Smits dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. The supporters of AFC Koolkerke booed when 61 Büyük Türk FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toninho Gol didn't get a good kick on the ball. 20 minutes into the match, 61 Büyük Türk FK's goalkeeper Yunus-Emre Cinkara had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Robertinho Carabajal. In the 23rd minute, Joseph Smits fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Arda Baybars Tarık made in the 29th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by AFC Koolkerke's Tang Di Nan. 32 minutes into the game, Arda Baybars Tarık threw the ball into play from the sideline. AFC Koolkerke's Clóvis Bittencourt quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. If Robertinho Carabajal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 37 minutes into the match, AFC Koolkerke's goal looked a bit too open when Toninho Gol came free, but Ulises Steven reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 44 minutes of play, 61 Büyük Türk FK's Nuratay Tumbay made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ulises Steven was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bartolo Chale stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, AFC Koolkerke's Daevy Blaine got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Toninho Gol might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ulises Steven. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Toninho Gol ran back to his position shaking his head. AFC Koolkerke's Ulises Steven proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save AFC Koolkerke from getting a goal against them. 61 Büyük Türk FK's Yunus-Emre Cinkara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Smits in the 55th minute of play. Yunus-Emre Cinkara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robertinho Carabajal in the 61st minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Clóvis Bittencourt in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yunus-Emre Cinkara prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Clóvis Bittencourt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yunus-Emre Cinkara was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Fabrizio Di Muzio hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. 61 Büyük Türk FK's Necaettin Ezgü was substituted for Oğuzhan Demiral. Yunus-Emre Cinkara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robertinho Carabajal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Robertinho Carabajal might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yunus-Emre Cinkara. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Robertinho Carabajal ran back to his position shaking his head. 79 minutes into the match, 61 Büyük Türk FK's goal looked a bit too open when Robertinho Carabajal came free, but Yunus-Emre Cinkara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 81st minute Toninho Gol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ulises Steven saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Toninho Gol's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ulises Steven read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. Robertinho Carabajal blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Yunus-Emre Cinkara having to make a save. AFC Koolkerke's Joseph Smits got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. AFC Koolkerke were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.