U18 World League

Gold Raiders Arena
Spectators: 7555 (Terracing: 5668, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) 5 minutes into the match, Saul Sanabria had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Selahaddin Tozun. Gold Raiders FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Saul Sanabria was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 10th minute Muzaffer Sufi saw that he had a good position to shoot and he shot a long ball on target, but the ball went just outside the left post. After a rather tough play, Gold Raiders FC's Göksel Esenboğa got a free kick in the 11th minute. Angel Cadaval hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Rahmi Alanson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zenaido Urtiaran having to interfere. Uygur Üstüner sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The throw-in from Altan Şahdar in the 19th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Montevideo City Torque's Eduino Lecanda. Selahaddin Tozun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saul Sanabria, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 22 minutes into the match, Evis Castañondo notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Gold Raiders FC's Selahaddin Tozun. Selahaddin Tozun was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gold Raiders FC's Uygur Üstüner got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zenaido Urtiaran made an important save on a dangerous shot by Uygur Üstüner in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute, Gold Raiders FC's Altan Şahdar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zenaido Urtiaran. Zenaido Urtiaran yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. Montevideo City Torque's Zenaido Urtiaran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Altan Şahdar in the 34th minute of play. Montevideo City Torque's Zenaido Urtiaran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Altan Şahdar in the 36th minute of play. Zenaido Urtiaran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Uygur Üstüner in the 37th minute of the match. A collision led to Montevideo City Torque getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Eduino Lecanda hit a great ball. After 43 played minutes Montevideo City Torque got a freekick which was hit by Eduino Lecanda. 2-2 became the score in the 45th minute when Göksel Esenboğa elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Saul Sanabria was the one to do the kick off. 56 minutes into the game, Saul Sanabria was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Montevideo City Torque's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gold Raiders FC the free kick. In the 56th match minute, Montevideo City Torque was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saul Sanabria to maneuver through the defense. 60 minutes into the match, Montevideo City Torque's goal looked a bit too open when Altan Şahdar came free, but Zenaido Urtiaran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 62 minutes into the game, Gold Raiders FC's Göksel Esenboğa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zenaido Urtiaran made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Göksel Esenboğa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zenaido Urtiaran having to interfere. Diogo Quevedo's late challenge caught a Gold Raiders FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diogo Quevedo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 74th minute, Diogo Quevedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 77th minute, Uygur Üstüner got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 78 minutes, Altan Şahdar made it 5-2 with a short kick to the right side. Montevideo City Torque's Zenaido Urtiaran tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Gold Raiders FC booed when Montevideo City Torque was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gaspar Sancibrao didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 82nd minute Altan Şahdar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zenaido Urtiaran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Angel Cadaval during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Montevideo City Torque's Angel Cadaval got a free kick in the 84th minute. After 88 played minutes Montevideo City Torque got a freekick which was hit by Gonzales Alfeiran. Altan Şahdar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Zenaido Urtiaran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 95 minutes, Altan Şahdar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gold Raiders FC and the Montevideo City Torque players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Gold Raiders FC getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Altan Şahdar hit a great ball. Gold Raiders FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.