U21 World League

CLAYMORE CITY
Spectators: 7705 (Terracing: 5780, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Wilburn Eason started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 6 minutes into the match, Black Cloud FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wilburn Eason came free, but Balaban Orcaner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Wilburn Eason's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Balaban Orcaner was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Bob Leckie sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Romeo Dickens didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yavuz Selim Karakaya went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 21 minutes into the game, Yavuz Selim Karakaya cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Romeo Dickens was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Yavuz Selim Karakaya might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Romeo Dickens. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yavuz Selim Karakaya ran back to his position shaking his head. Romeo Dickens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yavuz Selim Karakaya, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. After a defensive mix-up in CLAYMORE COUNTRY's zone, Yavuz Selim Karakaya stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Romeo Dickens came out of the goal and Yavuz Selim Karakaya tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Romeo Dickens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gürkan Akaydın in the 31st minute of play. Romeo Dickens stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yavuz Selim Karakaya's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. In the 35th minute Necdet Bala shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romeo Dickens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, CLAYMORE COUNTRY's goal looked a bit too open when Yavuz Selim Karakaya came free, but Romeo Dickens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sherwood Sweet's late challenge caught a Black Cloud FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sherwood Sweet helped the player get up and apologised. Sherwood Sweet kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. In the 46thth minute of the game Yavuz Selim Karakaya who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Romeo Dickens was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gürkan Akaydın stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Wilmer Hilton kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Balaban Orcaner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bob Leckie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mustafa Cumhur Borlu kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Black Cloud FC's Balaban Orcaner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bob Leckie in the 58th minute of play. Gürkan Akaydın received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Romeo Dickens came out and tried to block the shot, but Gürkan Akaydın slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 62nd minute. CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Thad Rocha was substituted for Wilmer Hilton. The crowd rose to their feet as Yavuz Selim Karakaya kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Romeo Dickens. That made the score 0-4 in the 68 minute of play. Black Cloud FC's Yavuz Selim Karakaya got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Romeo Dickens made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yavuz Selim Karakaya in the 77th minute. After some careless play in the CLAYMORE COUNTRY defense, Necdet Bala kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Romeo Dickens. The CLAYMORE COUNTRY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Romeo Dickens should have stopped the shot. In the 94th minute, Thad Rocha 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. In the 96th minute Bob Leckie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Balaban Orcaner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bob Leckie in the 96th minute of play forced Black Cloud FC's goalkeeper Balaban Orcaner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The CLAYMORE COUNTRY supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Black Cloud FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Black Cloud FC.