U18 World League

Rushden Lakes
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Onur Cansun made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, TibaDons's Luke Cooke got a free kick in the 2nd minute. TibaDons's Ollie Clark played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bedih Özhan in the 3rd minute of play. After some careless play in the TibaDons defense, Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ollie Clark. The TibaDons fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ollie Clark should have stopped the shot. Grant Cornish hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rüstem Ruknettin during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of TibaDons booed when 67st Xerebos Familya F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rüstem Ruknettin didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, TibaDons's Rauf Baştugay threw himself towards the right post 10 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Grant Cornish, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 15th minute, Aşkın Güler left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 67st Xerebos Familya F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Robbie Denham was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 17 minutes into the match. Bedih Özhan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rick Postolan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Rauf Baştugay made a huge save. Ollie Clark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şükrü Pozan in the 28th minute of play. In the 31st minute, Aşkın Güler left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 67st Xerebos Familya F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. 34 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goal looked a bit too open when Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk came free, but Ollie Clark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th match minute, 67st Xerebos Familya F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by İdris Muren to maneuver through the defense. Onur Cansun struck a weak shot in the 41st minute. Ollie Clark didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 67st Xerebos Familya F.C.. Ollie Clark took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ollie Clark saved TibaDons from getting behind. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Grant Cornish to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ollie Clark was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. If Aşkın Güler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ollie Clark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk in the 56th minute of the match. Ollie Clark made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk in the 59th minute. After 60 minutes, Reggie Shephard mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TibaDons and the 67st Xerebos Familya F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in TibaDons's zone, Onur Cansun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ollie Clark came out of the goal and Onur Cansun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ollie Clark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk in the 64th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goal looked a bit too open when Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk came free, but Ollie Clark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ollie Clark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bedih Özhan in the 67th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk in the 68th minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Ollie Clark managed to avoid a goal in the 70thth minute, when 67st Xerebos Familya F.C.'s Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, TibaDons's Callum Windsor got a free kick in the 71st minute. Onur Cansun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ollie Clark having to interfere. After 73 minutes, Rick Postolan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TibaDons and the 67st Xerebos Familya F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 73rd minute, Rick Postolan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 77 minutes into the match, Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of TibaDons's Ollie Clark. Ollie Clark was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 82 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goal looked a bit too open when Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk came free, but Ollie Clark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goal looked a bit too open when Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk came free, but Ollie Clark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th minute, Şükrü Pozan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 67st Xerebos Familya F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. The crowd rose to their feet as Mustafa Emre Bilgetürk kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ollie Clark. That made the score 0-8 in the 92 minute of play. Ollie Clark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Onur Cansun in the 96th minute of the match. The TibaDons fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. 67st Xerebos Familya F.C. were clearly better and deserved to take the win.