U18 World League

Kaniş Antik Stadyumu
Spectators: 7682 (Terracing: 5762, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Wilton Linhares took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rüknettin Demirbaş took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cássio Vargas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Kültepe Spor Kulübü's zone, Wilton Linhares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rüknettin Demirbaş came out of the goal and Wilton Linhares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rüknettin Demirbaş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilton Linhares in the 7th minute of the match. The referee gave Bizard FC a penalty, 15 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Valério Moraes, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Kültepe Spor Kulübü's Rüknettin Demirbaş. 0-1. In the 20th minute Zekeriya Ulubay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mathias Pitta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Côme Bostan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rüknettin Demirbaş having to interfere. Doğa Ustam kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Nusrettin Tuğkan's late challenge caught a Bizard FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nusrettin Tuğkan helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Bizard FC booed when Kültepe Spor Kulübü was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nusrettin Tuğkan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rüknettin Demirbaş didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wilton Linhares went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Cássio Vargas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rüknettin Demirbaş having to make a save. In the 33rd minute, Emanuel Mota ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rüknettin Demirbaş was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. If Abdulbaki Aktaş had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 46 minutes into the game, Kültepe Spor Kulübü's Abdulbaki Aktaş nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mathias Pitta made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gökcan Özakan was the one to do the kick off. Rüknettin Demirbaş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cássio Vargas in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 59th minute, Paulo Renato de Queiroz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 63 minutes of play, Kültepe Spor Kulübü's Zekeriya Ulubay made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mathias Pitta was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gökcan Özakan hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 68th minute, Bizard FC's Wilton Linhares dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-4. 72 minutes into the game, Bizard FC's Wilton Linhares 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, 2-5. Rüknettin Demirbaş made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wilton Linhares in the 76th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Bizard FC's Cássio Vargas slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rüknettin Demirbaş. That made the score 2-7 after 80 minutes of play. Rüknettin Demirbaş made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Wilton Linhares sent off a good shot on target. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Bizard FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.