U23 World League

苏州奥体中心
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Jithu Low started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a defensive mix-up in Samsunspor's zone, Jerry Hock stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tolgahan Onay came out of the goal and Jerry Hock tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 7th minute, Alam Chan made a precise shot to the right of Tolgahan Onay. Samsunspor's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After a rather tough play, Samsunspor's Seyfi Kocakalp got a free kick in the 9th minute. Tolgahan Onay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jithu Low in the 11th minute of the match. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Özgür Onuker in the 15th minute of play. Gerard Hong could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Tolgahan Onay made a huge save. After 23 minutes of play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Jerry Hock made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tolgahan Onay was left in no man's land by his defense there! Afiq Hongyi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Özgür Onuker in the 26th minute of the match. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cavit Arslanoğlu in the 27th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goal looked a bit too open when Cavit Arslanoğlu came free, but Afiq Hongyi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Afiq Hongyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Özgür Onuker, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cavit Arslanoğlu in the 36th minute of play. After 38 minutes of play, Samsunspor's Cavit Arslanoğlu made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Afiq Hongyi was left in no man's land by his defense there! 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dorukhan Erokay in the 42nd minute of play. Afiq Hongyi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cavit Arslanoğlu in the 46th 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.

52 minutes into the match, Cavit Arslanoğlu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Afiq Hongyi, 2-2. Samsunspor's Tolgahan Onay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jithu Low in the 64th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Samsunspor's Yalçın Tezveren dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. Afiq Hongyi didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 72nd minute, which inside left pole to 2-4. After a rather tough play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Alam Chan got a free kick in the 74th minute. In the 76th match minute, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alam Chan to maneuver through the defense. Seyfi Kocakalp scored 2-5 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Afiq Hongyi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 81st minute Jerry Hock shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolgahan Onay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Afiq Hongyi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cavit Arslanoğlu in the 89th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jithu Low in the 91st minute of play forced Samsunspor's goalkeeper Tolgahan Onay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 92 minutes into the match, Cavit Arslanoğlu notched a goal, 2-7, to the right of 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi. Afiq Hongyi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi got control of the ball when Seyfi Kocakalp tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Samsunspor left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than 苏州觅香足球俱乐部.