U21 World League

Bırce BaLak Park
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ziya Onur Yıldız started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42's zone, James Tuck stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Berkan Eğilmez came out of the goal and James Tuck tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cliff Gurney charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cliff Gurney the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th minute of the game, BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42 got a penalty. The shot went straight in by the left post. When Ziya Onur Yıldız came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42 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 Ziya Onur Yıldız couldn't finish the play. Nejat Akbilge kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Shane Barratt struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Berkan Eğilmez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Garlic Eaters. A collision led to BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42 getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Tahir Tokyay hit a great ball. In the 15th minute Shane Barratt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Berkan Eğilmez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gul Keep stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ziya Onur Yıldız's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by James Tuck in the 20th minute of play forced BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42's goalkeeper Berkan Eğilmez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the match, BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42's goal looked a bit too open when James Tuck came free, but Berkan Eğilmez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes into the game, Bruninho Falcão cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Berkan Eğilmez was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cezmi Saban's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gul Keep read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 39th minute of play. Berkan Eğilmez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from James Tuck in the 42nd minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, Shane Barratt notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42's Berkan Eğilmez. Berkan Eğilmez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shane Barratt in the 47th minute of play forced BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42's goalkeeper Berkan Eğilmez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42 defense, Bruninho Falcão kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Berkan Eğilmez. The BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Berkan Eğilmez should have stopped the shot.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Shane Barratt made a kick off. Vacib Selahaddin struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Gul Keep didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42. In the 63rd minute, Cezmi Saban hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Berkan Eğilmez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from James Tuck, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Shane Barratt received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Berkan Eğilmez came out and tried to block the shot, but Shane Barratt slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 71st minute. BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42's Berkan Eğilmez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by James Tuck in the 76th minute of play. BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42's goalkeeper couldn't reach when James Tuck 79 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-6. Berkan Eğilmez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from James Tuck in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 83rd minute, Shane Barratt left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Garlic Eaters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-7. Berkan Eğilmez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from James Tuck, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bruninho Falcão got free with Berkan Eğilmez in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Shane Barratt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Berkan Eğilmez made a huge save. Bruninho Falcão scored 1-8 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Berkan Eğilmez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Berkan Eğilmez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Shane Barratt in the 96th minute. A collision led to BaBa Aküü Yook..! 42 getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Ahmet Nafiz Ozansu hit a great ball. Garlic Eaters's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.