U21 World League

The wings of success
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Benislav Bozov started the match with the kick off. Abdi Saygın Birhan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vesko Kanin went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. A collision led to Sadikköy Erdoğan FK getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Ali Macit Yasık hit a great ball. When Tzvyatko Trifonov came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the SPARROWS 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 Tzvyatko Trifonov couldn't finish the play. After 13 played minutes Sadikköy Erdoğan FK got a freekick which was hit by Halil Utku Kutuner. If Vesko Kanin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abdi Saygın Birhan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tzvyatko Trifonov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vesko Kanin got free with Abdi Saygın Birhan in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 21 minutes into the match, Yıldıray Kudsi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Adrian Milevski. SPARROWS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yıldıray Kudsi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Batu Cem Sartık kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. SPARROWS's Stefan Rendakov shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 28th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Abdi Saygın Birhan but with some difficulty. Halil Utku Kutuner's late challenge caught a SPARROWS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Halil Utku Kutuner helped the player get up and apologised. Halil Utku Kutuner hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. After 38 played minutes SPARROWS got a freekick which was hit by Tzvyatko Trifonov. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Tzvyatko Trifonov took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Abdi Saygın Birhan to make any attempt to save it. Abdi Saygın Birhan was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Vidyo Mariyanov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-1 in the 47 minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The wind increased when Natalio Ferman made the kick off in the second half. Felipe Matthew was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 53 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yosif Gergov in the 55th minute of play forced Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's goalkeeper Abdi Saygın Birhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SPARROWS's attack was well implemented in the 57th minute, but when Vesko Kanin was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Natalio Ferman struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Adrian Milevski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sadikköy Erdoğan FK. In the 69th minute Yıldıray Kudsi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrian Milevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Natalio Ferman almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but SPARROWS's Adrian Milevski did a great save. After 76 minutes, Ali Cafer İlteber mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sadikköy Erdoğan FK and the SPARROWS players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 79th minute, Benislav Bozov made a precise shot to the right of Abdi Saygın Birhan. Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. When SPARROWS's Tzvyatko Trifonov in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's goalie prevented a goal. Abdi Saygın Birhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benislav Bozov, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Abdi Saygın Birhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vidyo Mariyanov in the 90th minute of play. Tzvyatko Trifonov scored 5-1 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abdi Saygın Birhan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.