U18 World League

KARAKARTAL
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) ♦Diabetes♦'s Felix Urre started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, ♦Diabetes♦'s Felix Urre got a free kick in the 3rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alonzo Perez in the 7th minute of play forced YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's goalkeeper Kaan Tur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th minute, Ahmet Vefik Tanbolat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jorge Diegotxe hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Santiago Urtsin was a little too slow when Vehdi Uruk got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 13th minute. The score was now 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Felix Urre managed to get in a good position for a shot. ♦Diabetes♦'s supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Urre was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kaan Tur breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. ♦Diabetes♦'s Gervasio Mattin got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kaan Tur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Urre in the 19th minute of play. ♦Diabetes♦'s Santiago Urtsin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save ♦Diabetes♦ from getting a goal against them. If Alonzo Perez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 36th minute, YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's Burç Behzat dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Burç Behzat charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Burç Behzat the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's Burç Behzat got a free kick in the 40th minute. The ♦Diabetes♦ fans' excitement grew in the 42nd match minute when ♦Diabetes♦'s Felix Urre looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vehdi Uruk to strike the kick off in the second half. Felix Urres short, quick shot in the 51stth minute got Kaan Tur to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 53rd minute, Felix Urre ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kaan Tur was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Felix Urre kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 56thth minute. Though ot was a great shot YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's keeper Kaan Tur was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. When Vehdi Uruk came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Vehdi Uruk couldn't finish the play. In the 64th minute, Felix Urre ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kaan Tur was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. After 66 played minutes YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ got a freekick which was hit by Burç Behzat. Felix Urre could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Kaan Tur made a huge save. YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's Burç Behzat got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Burç Behzat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Burç Behzat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santiago Urtsin having to interfere. Santiago Urtsin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Burç Behzat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute Felix Urre shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kaan Tur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, YERSIYAHGOKBEYAZ's goalkeeper Kaan Tur had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felix Urre. 92 minutes into the match, ♦Diabetes♦'s Alonzo Perez sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kaan Tur narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Urre got free with Kaan Tur in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ♦Diabetes♦ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.