U18 World League

Ali Sami Yen
Spectators: 7659 (Terracing: 5746, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Darnell Watts took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 minutes, Darnell Watts mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brooklyn SC and the LİONS PEAK players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th minute, Darnell Watts hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Domenic Ring hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. The long shot by Baycan Şevket in the 8th minute really tested Glen Goode's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım in the 10th minute of play forced Brooklyn SC's goalkeeper Glen Goode to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Brooklyn SC's Glen Goode proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Brooklyn SC from getting a goal against them. Glen Goode made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Bünyamin Ergüner sent off a good shot on target. Tuncay Eldem came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Brooklyn SC's Darnell Watts. But to his dismay, Darnell Watts quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Brooklyn SC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 26th minute, when Bünyamin Ergüner scored to the left of an out of position Glen Goode, making the score, 1-2. Edgar Chandler hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Edgar Chandler kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Glen Goode made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım in the 38th minute of play. After 42 played minutes Brooklyn SC got a freekick which was hit by Aaron Gunn. In the 47th minute Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Glen Goode saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 47th match minute, LİONS PEAK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baycan Şevket to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bünyamin Ergüner to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bünyamin Ergüner in the 53rd minute of play forced Brooklyn SC's goalkeeper Glen Goode to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 56 minutes of play, LİONS PEAK's Bünyamin Ergüner made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Glen Goode was left in no man's land by his defense there! 63 minutes into the game, LİONS PEAK's Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Glen Goode made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Darnell Watts hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Ahmet Koralp Yıldırım received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Glen Goode tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 75 minutes into the match, Brooklyn SC's goal looked a bit too open when Beşir Yazar came free, but Glen Goode reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, Bünyamin Ergüner notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Brooklyn SC's Glen Goode. Glen Goode was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 79th minute, Randall Haynes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tuncay Eldem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pascal Dailey, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Glen Goode made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baycan Şevket in the 91st minute of play. Kağan Ünalmış sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. LİONS PEAK's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.