U18 World League

Stadion Butordolac
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Erdem İklim started the match with the kick off. Ahmet Nafiz Yarlık kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Zrinko Crnojević kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Gvozden Maljković received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Yasin Ünsevin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, NK BRONZIN's Gvozden Maljković got a free kick in the 18th minute. Goran Mahalec showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erdem İklim, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Goran Mahalec made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Atıf Baydak in the 25th minute of play. After 26 played minutes NK BRONZIN got a freekick which was hit by Arsen Mraz. After 28 played minutes NK BRONZIN got a freekick which was hit by Arsen Mraz. In the 29th minute of the match Saffet Köklem shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Goran Mahalec showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. NK BRONZIN's Goran Mahalec played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cumali Kayansel in the 30th minute of play. In the 30th minute Cumali Kayansel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Goran Mahalec saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arsen Mraz hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Erdem İklim might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Goran Mahalec. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erdem İklim ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 39th minute, one of NK BRONZIN:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for NK BRONZIN. After 45 played minutes NK BRONZIN got a freekick which was hit by Arsen Mraz. The NK BRONZIN players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Türk Polis Gücü were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gvozden Maljković was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Türk Polis Gücü's goal looked a bit too open when Frano Udovčić came free, but Yasin Ünsevin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. NK BRONZIN's Goran Mahalec proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save NK BRONZIN from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erdem İklim in the 60th minute of play forced NK BRONZIN's goalkeeper Goran Mahalec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, NK BRONZIN's Goran Mahalec got control of the ball when Atıf Baydak tried to sneak it across the goal line. Goran Mahalec made an important save on a dangerous shot by Atıf Baydak in the 63rd minute. If Cumali Kayansel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. NK BRONZIN's defense didn't have a chance, in the 67th minute, when Atıf Baydak scored to the left of an out of position Goran Mahalec, making the score, 0-3. Akşemseddin Erzan kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. A collision led to NK BRONZIN getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Tihomir Karna hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Saffet Köklem managed to get in a good position for a shot. Türk Polis Gücü's supporters rose to their feet, but Saffet Köklem was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Goran Mahalec breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cumali Kayansel did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Goran Mahalec 78 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the NK BRONZIN defense, Atıf Baydak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Goran Mahalec. The NK BRONZIN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Goran Mahalec should have stopped the shot. Mateo Zuber charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mateo Zuber the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to NK BRONZIN getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Mateo Zuber hit a great ball. 88 minutes into the match, Atıf Baydak notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of NK BRONZIN's Goran Mahalec. Goran Mahalec was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 91st minute, Atıf Baydak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Türk Polis Gücü fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. If Atıf Baydak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Erdem İklim received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Goran Mahalec tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The NK BRONZIN fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Türk Polis Gücü were clearly better and deserved to take the win.