U23 World League

Ninja Stadion
Spectators: 7633 (Terracing: 5726, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Torbjörn Grep took the kick off in the first half of the match. Arne Löfgren's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vahap Tezcan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, Arne Löfgren had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vahap Tezcan. ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arne Löfgren was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After 11 played minutes Ninjas FK got a freekick which was hit by Karl-Johan Ekeberg. Gürsel Çelenkoğlu missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 12 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Gösta Andreasson right hand side. Songur Karataş hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Gösta Andreasson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Muharrem Bağdaş in the 24th minute of the match. Gösta Andreasson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Muharrem Bağdaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After a rather tough play, Ninjas FK's Arne Löfgren got a free kick in the 35th minute. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Armağan Özsahin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cihan Geylani hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Nejat Kotuz hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Karl-Johan Ekeberg kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Ninjas FK's Gösta Andreasson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Ninjas FK from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Muharrem Bağdaş got free with Gösta Andreasson in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 74th minute, Torbjörn Grep got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 77 minutes into the match, Torbjörn Grep notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's Vahap Tezcan. Vahap Tezcan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 84th minute, Karl-Johan Ekeberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü made a substitution. Saltuk Vacit replaced Yetkiner Savtur. When Muharrem Bağdaş fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's protests and gave Muharrem Bağdaş a yellow card for diving instead. 88 minutes into the match, ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's goal looked a bit too open when Torbjörn Grep came free, but Vahap Tezcan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Muharrem Bağdaş hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Torbjörn Grep's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vahap Tezcan was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Cihan Geylani hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Vahap Tezcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arne Löfgren in the 96th minute of play. Ninjas FK were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü for a fine match.