U18 World League

Keşan Arena
Spectators: 7649 (Terracing: 5738, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mürsel Barlas made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Tarada's goal looked a bit too open when Derviş Tarim came free, but Cliff Gottschalk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cliff Gottschalk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Derviş Tarim, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Derviş Tarim took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Cliff Gottschalk to make any attempt to save it. Behçet Başaydın fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cliff Gottschalk having to interfere. 15 minutes into the game, Behçet Başaydın cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Cliff Gottschalk was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jürgen Sauerberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Abdi Aktürk having to make a save. Mürsel Barlass short, quick shot in the 25thth minute got Cliff Gottschalk to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 28 minutes into the match, Behçet Başaydın had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cliff Gottschalk. Tarada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Behçet Başaydın was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ahmet Danış Yeğin got free with Cliff Gottschalk in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Tarada getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Wolf Ehrenbolger hit a great ball. 34 minutes into the match, nRdLiFe's Behçet Başaydın sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cliff Gottschalk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mürsel Barlas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mürsel Barlas in the 37thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cliff Gottschalk, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa İzzet Atasoy in the 38th minute of play forced Tarada's goalkeeper Cliff Gottschalk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tarada's Cliff Gottschalk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Tarada from getting a goal against them. After having played for 43 minutes, Mürsel Barlas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. nRdLiFe's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mürsel Barlas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tarada's defense didn't have a chance, in the 45th minute, when Derviş Tarim scored to the left of an out of position Cliff Gottschalk, making the score, 4-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jarno Mutach made a kick off. Mürsel Barlas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 50th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cliff Gottschalk having to interfere. Abdi Aktürk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Theodore Brennwald in the 53rd minute. 58 minutes into the match, nRdLiFe's Mürsel Barlas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cliff Gottschalk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cliff Gottschalk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Derviş Tarim, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Cliff Gottschalk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Derviş Tarim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute Behçet Başaydın shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cliff Gottschalk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdi Aktürk was a little too slow when Theodore Brennwald got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 4-1. 75 minutes into the match, Mürsel Barlas notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Tarada's Cliff Gottschalk. Cliff Gottschalk was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Abdi Aktürk didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 82nd minute, which inside left pole to 5-2. Cliff Gottschalk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mürsel Barlas in the 85th minute of the match. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tarada's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Turabi Utman was slow to take the kick. During this time nRdLiFe's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on nRdLiFe's corner Mustafa İzzet Atasoy fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cliff Gottschalk quite easily take care of the ball. After some careless play in the Tarada defense, Mürsel Barlas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cliff Gottschalk. The Tarada fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cliff Gottschalk should have stopped the shot. Tarada's Cliff Gottschalk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Derviş Tarim in the 94th minute of play. nRdLiFe walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.