U18 World League

Keşan Arena
Spectators: 7654 (Terracing: 5742, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mürsel Barlas made the kick off which started today's match. Gustaf Skoog took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mürsel Barlas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lekparken FC's Gustaf Skoog proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Lekparken FC from getting a goal against them. Behçet Başaydın's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Gustaf Skoog firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 8th minute Mürsel Barlas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustaf Skoog saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mürsel Barlas's late challenge caught a Lekparken FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mürsel Barlas helped the player get up and apologised. Gustaf Skoog made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mustafa İzzet Atasoy in the 18th minute of play. After 19 minutes, Olov Gunnarsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lekparken FC and the nRdLiFe players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 19th minute, Olov Gunnarsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 23 minutes into the match, nRdLiFe's goal looked a bit too open when Sture Hydén came free, but Abdi Aktürk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th minute, Sture Hydén left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lekparken FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Lekparken FC's Gustaf Skoog played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mürsel Barlas in the 30th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, nRdLiFe's goal looked a bit too open when Sture Hydén came free, but Abdi Aktürk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustav Strömbom in the 35th minute of play forced nRdLiFe's goalkeeper Abdi Aktürk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mürsel Barlass short, quick shot in the 36thth minute got Gustaf Skoog to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 38 minutes of play, Lekparken FC's Olov Gunnarsson made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abdi Aktürk was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Lekparken FC's Reine Ennegren got a free kick in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Gustav Strömbom could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Abdi Aktürk made a huge save. 55 minutes into the game, Mürsel Barlas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Gustaf Skoog was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gustaf Skoog didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mustafa İzzet Atasoy went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Abdi Aktürk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olov Gunnarsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by nRdLiFe's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Claes Tholsson was slow to take the kick. During this time Lekparken FC's players had a chance to rest. Lekparken FC's Claes Tholsson was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Abdi Aktürk in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lekparken FC's goalkeeper Gustaf Skoog, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jens Ålberg's late challenge caught a nRdLiFe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jens Ålberg helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Lekparken FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Jens Ålberg hit a great ball. Gustav Strömbom scored 2-3 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abdi Aktürk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Behçet Başaydın in the 74th minute of play forced Lekparken FC's goalkeeper Gustaf Skoog to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustaf Skoog showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mürsel Barlas in the 76th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Lekparken FC defense, Mürsel Barlas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gustaf Skoog. The Lekparken FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gustaf Skoog should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the nRdLiFe defense, Gustav Strömbom kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Abdi Aktürk. The nRdLiFe fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Abdi Aktürk should have stopped the shot. In the 86th minute Behçet Başaydın shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustaf Skoog saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdi Aktürk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sture Hydén, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Sture Hydén recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Andreas Klack hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Lekparken FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.