U21 World League

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Spectators: 7593 (Terracing: 5696, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Xherdan Shaqiri started the match with the kick off. Hayrettin Akkurt's late challenge caught a Ȓᾄvἔᾗṩ Ғ.Ƈ.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hayrettin Akkurt helped the player get up and apologised. In the 11th match minute, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hayrettin Akkurt to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Seyhun Yalazan got free with Alonzo Benet in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alonzo Benet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gencal Deniz, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Zeki Azimli didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xherdan Shaqiri went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Zeki Azimli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucas Erramun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd match minute, Ȓᾄvἔᾗṩ Ғ.Ƈ. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudio Satordi to maneuver through the defense. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Şehzade Sümer shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 43rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Alonzo Benet but with some difficulty. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Seyhun Yalazan was the one to do the kick off. Hayrettin Akkurt hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Zeki Azimli made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Lucas Erramun sent off a good shot on target. After 59 played minutes ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ got a freekick which was hit by Şehzade Sümer. Alonzo Benet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Seyhun Yalazan, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Constantino Maties sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 72 played minutes Ȓᾄvἔᾗṩ Ғ.Ƈ. got a freekick which was hit by Claudio Satordi. Alonzo Benet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Okan Melih, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Okan Melih in the 83rd minute of play forced Ȓᾄvἔᾗṩ Ғ.Ƈ.'s goalkeeper Alonzo Benet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute Seyhun Yalazan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alonzo Benet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 88 minutes of play ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Hayrettin Akkurt was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Hayrettin Akkurt got a free kick in the 88th minute. Alonzo Benet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Seyhun Yalazan, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Alonzo Benet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Seyhun Yalazan's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. Tomas Tuste charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomas Tuste the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Ȓᾄvἔᾗṩ Ғ.Ƈ.'s Tomas Tuste got a free kick in the 93rd minute. The ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ȓᾄvἔᾗṩ Ғ.Ƈ. were clearly better and deserved to take the win.