U18 World League

Estadio Santa Gala
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Libertad got the match started through his kick off. Iker Darien showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hacı Ceceli, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Iker Darien made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hasan Erbay in the 4th minute of play. Ahmet Hayri Ülkem's late challenge caught a Tiburones Rojos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ahmet Hayri Ülkem helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th match minute, Samsunspor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Hayri Ülkem to maneuver through the defense. When Venancio Socorro fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tiburones Rojos's protests and gave Venancio Socorro a yellow card for diving instead. After 9 played minutes Tiburones Rojos got a freekick which was hit by Venancio Socorro. Hacı Ceceli kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Joel Libertad could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Atilla Tarkan Enfal made a huge save. After taking down the ball on Tiburones Rojos's corner Clemente Hondo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Atilla Tarkan Enfal quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Savaş Giyas in the 19th minute of play forced Tiburones Rojos's goalkeeper Iker Darien to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atilla Tarkan Enfal made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Joel Libertad sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Joel Libertad managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tiburones Rojos's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Libertad was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Atilla Tarkan Enfal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Iker Darien made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Hayri Ülkem in the 31st minute of play. After 36 minutes of play, Samsunspor's Şemsettin Toktimur made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iker Darien was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 42nd minute, Clemente Hondo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hacı Ceceli stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Tiburones Rojos's Iker Darien got control of the ball when Hacı Ceceli tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hacı Ceceli who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 54thth minute tested the skills of Iker Darien when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 59 minutes into the game, Clemente Hondo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tiburones Rojos's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Samsunspor the free kick. Hacı Cecelis short, quick shot in the 61stth minute got Iker Darien to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After having played for 64 minutes, Joel Libertad managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tiburones Rojos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joel Libertad was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Joel Libertad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Atilla Tarkan Enfal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Samsunspor's Hacı Ceceli came free and shot a quick shot against goal 76 minutes in the game, fortunately Iker Darien had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Iker Darien didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Samsunspor's Hacı Ceceli shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. After 88 minutes, Hasan Erbay mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Samsunspor and the Tiburones Rojos players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Samsunspor's Hasan Erbay got a free kick in the 89th minute. Iker Darien showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hacı Ceceli, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Hacı Ceceli's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 92ndth minute, Iker Darien skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 93 minutes into the game, Ramon Gora was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tiburones Rojos's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Samsunspor the free kick. The supporters of Samsunspor booed when Tiburones Rojos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramon Gora didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hacı Ceceli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iker Darien having to interfere. Samsunspor's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.