U18 World League

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Spectators: 7632 (Terracing: 5725, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 152) Iordanis Papaioannou started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Stefanos Topoudis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beşir Yazar in the 3rd minute of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Beşir Yazar notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of PicksBattle.com's Stefanos Topoudis. Stefanos Topoudis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nasos Stratikis's late challenge caught a LİONS PEAK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nasos Stratikis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of LİONS PEAK booed when PicksBattle.com was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nasos Stratikis didn't get a good kick on the ball. 15 minutes into the match, PicksBattle.com's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım came free, but Stefanos Topoudis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Thrasivoulos Katsiaros during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Bünyamin Ergüner hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Stefanos Topoudis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım in the 22nd minute of play. Tilemachos Zografos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Loukas Papoutsakos kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Baycan Şevket struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Stefanos Topoudis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for LİONS PEAK. Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stefanos Topoudis having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in PicksBattle.com's zone, Baycan Şevket stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stefanos Topoudis came out of the goal and Baycan Şevket tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Baycan Şevket sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Baycan Şevket to make the kick off. Stefanos Topoudis came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by LİONS PEAK's Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım. But to his dismay, Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpected shot in the 64th minute by Baycan Şevket got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Stefanos Topoudis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Louis Christou's late challenge caught a LİONS PEAK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Louis Christou helped the player get up and apologised. After 67 played minutes PicksBattle.com got a freekick which was hit by Louis Christou. 68 minutes into the match, LİONS PEAK's Baycan Şevket broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Tuncay Eldem stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iordanis Papaioannou's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. The audience was convinced that Iordanis Papaioannou's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tuncay Eldem was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Kağan Ünalmış charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kağan Ünalmış the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, LİONS PEAK's Kağan Ünalmış got a free kick in the 78th minute. PicksBattle.com's Stefanos Topoudis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save PicksBattle.com from getting a goal against them. After 81 minutes, Bünyamin Ergüner mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the LİONS PEAK and the PicksBattle.com players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kağan Ünalmış got his second yellow card in the match during the 83rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Baycan Şevket was extremely unlucky when he, in the 86th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 93rd match minute, LİONS PEAK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Birkan Devlettin to maneuver through the defense. After 95 minutes, Iordanis Papaioannou made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. LİONS PEAK's Tuncay Eldem tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.