U23 World League

Anatolia Park
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) A collision led to All Stars Gent getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Dirk-Jan Van Meenen hit a great ball. After having played for 5 minutes, Henrik Vervaet managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. All Stars Gent's supporters crossed their fingers, but Henrik Vervaet was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 7 minutes into the match, All Stars Gent's goal looked a bit too open when Dries Mertens came free, but Jarne Uytdebroeck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 8 minutes into the match, Nel Nelleboedske notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of A.C Barak's Uğuralp Vasfi. Uğuralp Vasfi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 11th minute Nel Nelleboedske shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uğuralp Vasfi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 12 minutes into the match, All Stars Gent's goalkeeper Jarne Uytdebroeck had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maura Icardi. In the 13th minute, Paulus Everaerts hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. All Stars Gent's Jarne Uytdebroeck proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save All Stars Gent from getting a goal against them. 19 minutes into the match, A.C Barak's goal looked a bit too open when Dirk-Jan Van Meenen came free, but Uğuralp Vasfi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in A.C Barak's zone, Henrik Vervaet stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Uğuralp Vasfi came out of the goal and Henrik Vervaet tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 24th minute All Stars Gent were awarded a corner. Mickael Dirickx went to the cornerflag to take it. Maura Icardi's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jarne Uytdebroeck firmly grabbed it by the left post. Jarne Uytdebroeck made an important save on a dangerous shot by Uğuralp Ahmetoğlu in the 29th minute. Uğuralp Vasfi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nel Nelleboedske, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Uğuralp Vasfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrik Vervaet in the 34th minute of play. Maura Icardi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Jarne Uytdebroeck made a huge save. Uğuralp Vasfi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrik Vervaet, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Jarne Uytdebroeck was out of position in the 45 minute of play, and Dries Mertens capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dries Mertens really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nel Nelleboedske to strike the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the All Stars Gent defense, Uğuralp Ahmetoğlu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jarne Uytdebroeck. The All Stars Gent fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jarne Uytdebroeck should have stopped the shot. A hard shot 60 in the game by Nel Nelleboedske from a close distance when the talented Uğuralp Vasfi managed to make a qualified save. A.C Barak's players were relieved. All Stars Gent's Jarne Uytdebroeck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dries Mertens in the 64th minute of play. Dirk-Jan Van Meenen kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Wilfried Zaha took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 66th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jarne Uytdebroeck. All Stars Gent's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. All Stars Gent's Dirk-Jan Van Meenen got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A.C Barak's Uğuralp Vasfi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nel Nelleboedske in the 74th minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, All Stars Gent's goal looked a bit too open when Dries Mertens came free, but Jarne Uytdebroeck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, All Stars Gent's goal looked a bit too open when Uğuralp Ahmetoğlu came free, but Jarne Uytdebroeck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jarne Uytdebroeck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dries Mertens in the 89th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute of the match Wilfried Zaha sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jarne Uytdebroeck skillfully saved the ball. If Nel Nelleboedske had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Uğuralp Vasfi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dirk-Jan Van Meenen in the 95th minute.