U18 World League

Ali Sami Yen
Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) After a rather tough play, Mijdrecht Maffia's Marcel Blanc got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Poyraz Çelikyay hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Hüseyin Turan Baysan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Kuijsten in the 7th minute of the match. Hüseyin Turan Baysan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Michael Kuijsten went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Mijdrecht Maffia's Stephan van Fessum got a free kick in the 14th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Mijdrecht Maffia's zone, Hasan Ali Tufan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rik Numan came out of the goal and Hasan Ali Tufan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 17th minute, Gertjan Theisens left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mijdrecht Maffia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Rik Numan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arda Göksel Pekiner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcel Blanc in the 23rd minute of play forced Valar morghulis's goalkeeper Hüseyin Turan Baysan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hüseyin Turan Baysan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael Kuijsten, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Hüseyin Turan Baysan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Michael Kuijsten went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Hüseyin Turan Baysan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcel Blanc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael Kuijsten in the 39th minute of play forced Valar morghulis's goalkeeper Hüseyin Turan Baysan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hasan Ali Tufan in the 40th minute of play forced Mijdrecht Maffia's goalkeeper Rik Numan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael Kuijsten in the 46th minute of play forced Valar morghulis's goalkeeper Hüseyin Turan Baysan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half Mijdrecht Maffia were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Michael Kuijsten made the kick off in the second half. Hüseyin Turan Baysan was out of position in the 50 minute of play, and Michael Kuijsten capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Michael Kuijsten really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Michael Kuijsten's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Hüseyin Turan Baysan firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a rather tough play, Valar morghulis's Poyraz Çelikyay got a free kick in the 56th minute. Marcel Blanc fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hüseyin Turan Baysan having to interfere. Hasan Ali Tufan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 70th minute, Mijdrecht Maffia's Stephan van Fessum seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Stephan van Fessum the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Mijdrecht Maffia protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Stephan van Fessum had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 70th minute of the game. One of Mijdrecht Maffia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Valar morghulis:s goal. In the 76th minute, Marcel Blanc made a precise shot to the right of Hüseyin Turan Baysan. Valar morghulis's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-6. Gertjan Theisens sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hüseyin Turan Baysan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel Blanc in the 83rd minute of play. Twan Zoolingen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marcel Blanc might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hüseyin Turan Baysan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marcel Blanc ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, Mijdrecht Maffia's Marcel Blanc got a free kick in the 94th minute. When Arda Göksel Pekiner came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Valar morghulis 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 Arda Göksel Pekiner couldn't finish the play.