U18 World League

GREEN LIONS Stadium
Spectators: 7672 (Terracing: 5757, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dimitris Kalokiris got the match started through his kick off. Azmi Yatuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Kalokiris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute Ahmet Arif İlksen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kyriakos Vardis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to GREEN LIONS getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Eleftherios Fasoulas hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Ahmet Arif İlksen managed to get in a good position for a shot. KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's supporters rose to their feet, but Ahmet Arif İlksen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kyriakos Vardis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Azmi Yatuk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eleftherios Fasoulas in the 12th minute. Atilla Kağan Memduh's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kyriakos Vardis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. After 16 minutes, Dimitris Kalokiris made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's Azmi Yatuk tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Azmi Yatuk made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Andreas Seremetiadis sent off a good shot on target. Kyriakos Vardis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Arif İlksen in the 23rd minute of the match. Dimitris Kalokiris kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, GREEN LIONS's Azmi Yatuk threw himself towards the right post 27 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dimitris Kalokiris, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Azmi Yatuk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andreas Seremetiadis in the 28th minute. After a rather tough play, GREEN LIONS's Miltos Thomakoglou got a free kick in the 31st minute. When Ahmet Arif İlksen came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter 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 Ahmet Arif İlksen couldn't finish the play. Kral Taşboğa kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Alexandros Aggelas, 35 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Kral Taşboğa charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kral Taşboğa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Kral Taşboğa hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Mehmet Bedri Şah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kyriakos Vardis having to interfere. In the 43rd minute, Eleftherios Fasoulas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Azmi Yatuk was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ahmet Arif İlksen to make the kick off. GREEN LIONS's defense didn't have a chance, in the 51st minute, when Ahmet Arif İlksen scored to the left of an out of position Kyriakos Vardis, making the score, 2-1. After some careless play in the KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter defense, Eleftherios Fasoulas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Azmi Yatuk. The KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Azmi Yatuk should have stopped the shot. Dimitris Kalokiris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Azmi Yatuk having to interfere. Azmi Yatuk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eleftherios Fasoulas in the 73rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Arif İlksen in the 79th minute of play forced GREEN LIONS's goalkeeper Kyriakos Vardis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Arif İlksen in the 81st minute of play forced GREEN LIONS's goalkeeper Kyriakos Vardis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andreas Seremetiadis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Azmi Yatuk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Soulis Zacharas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Soulis Zacharas hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Atilla Kağan Memduh's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kyriakos Vardis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 90th minute of play. Azmi Yatuk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eleftherios Fasoulas in the 92nd minute of play. Azmi Yatuk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eleftherios Fasoulas in the 94th minute of the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. GREEN LIONS had played much better football throughout.