U23 World League

ThE HeLL
Spectators: 7469 (Terracing: 5603, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Sabri Fouquet made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Lu Guo Yue sent off a good shot on target. Nando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean-Michel Blandin in the 9th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's Wiktor Basinski got a free kick in the 10th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lu Guo Yue during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of La Pointe Courte booed when VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lu Guo Yue didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nando Muslera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yann Segond in the 19th minute of play. After a rather tough play, VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's Wiktor Basinski got a free kick in the 21st minute. A collision led to VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Wiktor Basinski hit a great ball. Nando Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vedat Nezir hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's Iwan Wykowski got a free kick in the 26th minute. La Pointe Courte's defense didn't have a chance, in the 32nd minute, when Devlet Ulağ scored to the left of an out of position Sabri Fouquet, making the score, 1-0. Raymond Lherbier made in the 36th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Pierre-Antoine Mariette. Nando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmed Grail in the 41st minute of the match. The supporters of La Pointe Courte booed when VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wiktor Basinski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nando Muslera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jean-Michel Blandin in the 47th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin made a kick off. When Vedat Nezir fell near the penalty area in the 50th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's protests and gave Vedat Nezir a yellow card for diving instead. In the 51st minute, Vedat Nezir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nando Muslera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wiktor Basinski in the 57th minute of play forced La Pointe Courte's goalkeeper Sabri Fouquet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Devlet Ulağ fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sabri Fouquet having to interfere. 65 minutes into the match, Wiktor Basinski notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of La Pointe Courte's Sabri Fouquet. Sabri Fouquet was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Devlet Ulağ fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sabri Fouquet having to interfere. Devlet Ulağ might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sabri Fouquet. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Devlet Ulağ ran back to his position shaking his head. Devlet Ulağ received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Sabri Fouquet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Pierre-Antoine Mariette in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's Iwan Wykowski. 83 minutes into the match, La Pointe Courte's goal looked a bit too open when Devlet Ulağ came free, but Sabri Fouquet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Devlet Ulağ received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Sabri Fouquet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's Nando Muslera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL from getting a goal against them. VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of La Pointe Courte for a fine match.