U18 World League

The Goat House
Spectators: 7720 (Terracing: 5791, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fabio Abaunza kicked off to start the match. Eleuterio Quexal came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Blue Mountain State's Artun Şenyurt. But to his dismay, Artun Şenyurt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 16 minutes into the game, Blue Mountain State's Omer Halisdemir nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eleuterio Quexal made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Eleuterio Quexal made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Artun Şenyurt sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Artun Şenyurt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eleuterio Quexal was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. In the 20th match minute, Blue Mountain State was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fethi Sekin to maneuver through the defense. Victoriano Onofre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ayberk Zeyrek charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ayberk Zeyrek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of The Hanging Tree booed when Blue Mountain State was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ayberk Zeyrek didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silverio Gumaro in the 27th minute of play forced Blue Mountain State's goalkeeper Işıkalp Kalhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victoriano Onofre's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Işıkalp Kalhan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. A collision led to Blue Mountain State getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Artun Şenyurt hit a great ball. Işıkalp Kalhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victoriano Onofre in the 41st minute of the match. Işıkalp Kalhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gogo Tajo in the 42nd minute of play. In the 47th match minute, The Hanging Tree was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silverio Gumaro to maneuver through the defense. In the 48th minute of the match Hilmi Özbilek sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eleuterio Quexal skillfully saved the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Artun Şenyurt stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Artun Şenyurt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eleuterio Quexal was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ayberk Zeyrek in the 54th minute of play forced The Hanging Tree's goalkeeper Eleuterio Quexal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Delmar Markel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 64 played minutes Blue Mountain State got a freekick which was hit by Atahan Erginsoy. Gogo Tajo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 70 minutes into the match, Blue Mountain State's goalkeeper Işıkalp Kalhan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gogo Tajo. In the 79th minute Artun Şenyurt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eleuterio Quexal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artun Şenyurt took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eleuterio Quexal. Eleuterio Quexal dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Eleuterio Quexal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artun Şenyurt, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hilmi Özbilek in the 87th minute of play forced The Hanging Tree's goalkeeper Eleuterio Quexal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute Gogo Tajo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Işıkalp Kalhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artun Şenyurt in the 90th minute of play forced The Hanging Tree's goalkeeper Eleuterio Quexal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eleuterio Quexal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Atahan Erginsoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Delmar Markel hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Işıkalp Kalhan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gogo Tajo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Blue Mountain State walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.