U18 World League

Kaniş Antik Stadyumu
Spectators: 7675 (Terracing: 5757, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tiit Kääpa started the match with the kick off. In the 7th match minute, Kültepe Spor Kulübü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nusrettin Tuğkan to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gökcan Özakan during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 10th match minute, Kültepe Spor Kulübü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gökcan Özakan to maneuver through the defense. After 11 played minutes, Harkujärve JK's Tiit Kääpa shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rüknettin Demirbaş came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Harkujärve JK reached it. Rüknettin Demirbaş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hardi Rahumets in the 12th minute of the match. Rüknettin Demirbaş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hardi Rahumets, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After 19 played minutes Kültepe Spor Kulübü got a freekick which was hit by Gökcan Özakan. In the 20th minute of the match Kuno Kubja sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rüknettin Demirbaş skillfully saved the ball. After some careless play in the Kültepe Spor Kulübü defense, Hardi Rahumets kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rüknettin Demirbaş. The Kültepe Spor Kulübü fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rüknettin Demirbaş should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Janno Arumäe in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rüknettin Demirbaş saved Kültepe Spor Kulübü from getting behind. Rüknettin Demirbaş didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tiit Kääpa went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Rüknettin Demirbaş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hardi Rahumets, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 39th match minute, Kültepe Spor Kulübü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cengizhan Oykan to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st minute, Teoman Suel 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 a defensive mix-up in Harkujärve JK's zone, Şerif Sabahaddin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Silver Saluste came out of the goal and Şerif Sabahaddin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rüknettin Demirbaş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Janno Arumäe, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 52nd minute Gerd Öpik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rüknettin Demirbaş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teoman Suel in the 54th minute of play forced Harkujärve JK's goalkeeper Silver Saluste to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hardi Rahumets in the 60th minute of play forced Kültepe Spor Kulübü's goalkeeper Rüknettin Demirbaş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute, Hardi Rahumets left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Harkujärve JK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 64 minutes into the game, Harkujärve JK's Tiit Kääpa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rüknettin Demirbaş made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hardi Rahumets in the 68th minute of play forced Kültepe Spor Kulübü's goalkeeper Rüknettin Demirbaş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rüknettin Demirbaş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hardi Rahumets in the 71st minute of play. Rüknettin Demirbaş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arvo Laaneoks in the 78th minute of the match. Rüknettin Demirbaş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiit Kääpa in the 80th minute of the match. Şerif Sabahaddin's late challenge caught a Harkujärve JK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Şerif Sabahaddin helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Kültepe Spor Kulübü getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Şerif Sabahaddin hit a great ball. Janno Arumäe recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hardi Rahumets received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Rüknettin Demirbaş tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jörgen Vool kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match.