U21 World League

Gothic Souls Arena
Spectators: 7728 (Terracing: 5797, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Beniamin Mentus got the match started through his kick off. Beniamin Mentus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Menderes Hikmet having to interfere. In the 5th minute Ryszard Arbaszewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Menderes Hikmet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Menderes Hikmet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beniamin Mentus in the 7th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Abayhan Kırca during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Flavio Genovese scored 0-1 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Menderes Hikmet, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Menderes Hikmet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ryszard Arbaszewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aşkın Behzat got free with Cyprian Wojtkiewicz in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cyprian Wojtkiewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xabi Alonso, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beniamin Mentus in the 32nd minute of play forced Gothic Souls's goalkeeper Menderes Hikmet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dawid Kostka during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Moneteria getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Dawid Kostka hit a great ball. Aşkın Behzat's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Cyprian Wojtkiewicz firmly grabbed it by the left post. Aşkın Behzat came free with the goalkeeper in the 42nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Cyprian Wojtkiewicz could save by the left post. In the 44th minute Ryszard Arbaszewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Menderes Hikmet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

A collision led to Gothic Souls getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Abayhan Kırca hit a great ball. 57 minutes into the match, Gothic Souls's goal looked a bit too open when Ryszard Arbaszewski came free, but Menderes Hikmet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 58 minutes into the game, when Bahadır Yastıkcığlu put in a rough tackle. 57 minutes into the game, one of Gothic Souls:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Flavio Genovese received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Menderes Hikmet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Flavio Genovese received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Menderes Hikmet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Beniamin Mentus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Moneteria's Hugon Milko was substituted for Ryszard Arbaszewski. Cyprian Wojtkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Acun Erdoğdu in the 77th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Beniamin Mentus's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Menderes Hikmet was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Gothic Souls's Acun Erdoğdu got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Menderes Hikmet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Flavio Genovese, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 91 minutes into the match, Ahmet Harun Şahbey notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Moneteria's Cyprian Wojtkiewicz. Cyprian Wojtkiewicz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Moneteria's Cyprian Wojtkiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgar Davids in the 96th minute of play. Moneteria's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.