U21 World League

ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎ ᗩᖇEᑎᗩ
Spectators: 7640 (Terracing: 5731, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kevin Musu got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Haldun Gürdal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Meerkats FC's zone, Luís Cubilla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jean Paul Taliana came out of the goal and Luís Cubilla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 8 played minutes Meerkats FC got a freekick which was hit by Kevin Musu. Güntekin Adılhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Musu in the 17th minute of the match. Zach Testaferrata Viani kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Jean Paul Taliana was out of position in the 19 minute of play, and Ali Demirci capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ali Demirci really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Carl Chircop fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Güntekin Adılhan having to interfere. Isaac Benet's late challenge caught a Meerkats FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Isaac Benet helped the player get up and apologised. In the 23rd minute, Isaac Benet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Güntekin Adılhan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zach Gerada, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th minute, Luís Cubilla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Meerkats FC's Jean Paul Taliana proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Meerkats FC from getting a goal against them. Carl Chircop charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Carl Chircop the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Carl Chircop kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Isaac Benet succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-0 in the 33rd playminute. 36 minutes into the match, Meerkats FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Cubilla came free, but Jean Paul Taliana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Enes Hizanlı was extremely unlucky when he, in the 39th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Zach Testaferrata Viani kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

Haldun Gürdal scored 6-0 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jean Paul Taliana, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jean Paul Taliana didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Enes Hizanlı went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. Luís Cubilla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Jean Paul Taliana tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Güntekin Adılhan was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Kevin Musu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 8-1 in the 71 minute of play. In the 76th minute, Haldun Gürdal 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. Luís Cubilla scored 9-1 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jean Paul Taliana, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jean Paul Taliana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enes Hizanlı in the 80th minute of play. 82 minutes into the game, one of Meerkats FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The supporters of Meerkats FC booed when ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Savaş Somer didn't get a good kick on the ball. ᗩᔕᒪᗩᑎғᴋ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Meerkats FC for a fine match.