U21 World League

AKSARAY ARENA
Spectators: 7843 (Terracing: 5884, Seating: 1803, VIP seats: 156) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sam Roelants got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmanuel Van Laer in the 5th minute of play forced FC 68AKSARAY's goalkeeper Edmund Rakoski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the FC 68AKSARAY defense, Emmanuel Van Laer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edmund Rakoski. The FC 68AKSARAY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edmund Rakoski should have stopped the shot. SK Dreigoten's Jo Maerschalcx proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save SK Dreigoten from getting a goal against them. Jo Maerschalcx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oğuzhan Sarıaslan in the 13th minute of the match. Edmund Rakoski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jordi Focquier in the 14th minute of play. In the 15th minute SK Dreigoten were awarded a corner. Emmanuel Van Laer went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of FC 68AKSARAY's goalie and right to Elias Van de Velde. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. FC 68AKSARAY's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 18 minutes, Nejat Ongar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC 68AKSARAY and the SK Dreigoten players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC 68AKSARAY getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Nejat Ongar hit a great ball. The throw-in from Yannis Degens in the 21st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC 68AKSARAY's Mehmet Akif Koytan. 22 minutes into the match, SK Dreigoten's goal looked a bit too open when Oğuzhan Sarıaslan came free, but Jo Maerschalcx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 24 minutes, Yannis Degens mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SK Dreigoten and the FC 68AKSARAY players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to SK Dreigoten getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Yannis Degens hit a great ball. Jo Maerschalcx made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Oğuzhan Sarıaslan sent off a good shot on target. After 27 played minutes SK Dreigoten got a freekick which was hit by Lex Haesevoets. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ümit Yalkın in the 30th minute of play forced SK Dreigoten's goalkeeper Jo Maerschalcx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When FC 68AKSARAY's Oğuzhan Sarıaslan in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SK Dreigoten's goalie prevented a goal. Emmanuel Van Laer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sam Roelants recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Edmund Rakoski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Roelants in the 46th minute of play. With a little luck, SK Dreigoten's Jo Maerschalcx got control of the ball when Oğuzhan Sarıaslan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 52nd minute, İstemihan Sadullah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edmund Rakoski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Roelants in the 53rd minute of play. After some careless play in the SK Dreigoten defense, Oğuzhan Sarıaslan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jo Maerschalcx. The SK Dreigoten fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jo Maerschalcx should have stopped the shot. After 61 played minutes SK Dreigoten got a freekick which was hit by Yannis Degens. Jo Maerschalcx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oğuzhan Sarıaslan in the 62nd minute of the match. Jordi Focquier's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Edmund Rakoski firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience was convinced that Oğuzhan Sarıaslan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jo Maerschalcx was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Nejat Ongar got his second yellow card in the match during the 77th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 78th minute, Nejat Ongar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of FC 68AKSARAY booed when SK Dreigoten was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elias Van de Velde didn't get a good kick on the ball. SK Dreigoten's Jo Maerschalcx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oğuzhan Sarıaslan in the 82nd minute of play. With a little luck, FC 68AKSARAY's Edmund Rakoski got control of the ball when Sam Roelants tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elias Van de Velde in the 89th minute of play forced FC 68AKSARAY's goalkeeper Edmund Rakoski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 91 minutes, Oğuzhan Sarıaslan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC 68AKSARAY and the SK Dreigoten players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 91st match minute, FC 68AKSARAY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oğuzhan Sarıaslan to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ümit Yalkın in the 93rd minute of play forced SK Dreigoten's goalkeeper Jo Maerschalcx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC 68AKSARAY were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after SK Dreigoten's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Adrian Larsfält took the corner. FC 68AKSARAY's Adrian Larsfält was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jo Maerschalcx in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.