U18 World League

Underdogs Arena
Spectators: 8015 (Terracing: 6013, Seating: 1843, VIP seats: 159) Çağatay Sehim started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Zeki Akgüneş stood somewhat misplaced when Carsten van Wonderen came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 6 minute. After a rather tough play, 1930 Bafraspor's Cabbar Hekimoğlu got a free kick in the 13th minute. Olof Oosting took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 13th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zeki Akgüneş. 1930 Bafraspor's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Sjors Kolkman hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. The supporters of 1930 Bafraspor booed when The Underdogs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Huib van Zanten didn't get a good kick on the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Carsten van Wonderen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zeki Akgüneş. 1930 Bafraspor's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carsten van Wonderen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Zeki Akgüneş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sjors Kolkman in the 23rd minute of play. The supporters of The Underdogs booed when 1930 Bafraspor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Necdet Öktemer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zeki Akgüneş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chuck Wood in the 26th minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, The Underdogs's goal looked a bit too open when Çağatay Sehim came free, but Dirk-Jan Akkerman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 35 minutes, Corné Knopper mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Underdogs and the 1930 Bafraspor players grew even worse after the yellow card. Corné Knopper hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Karahan Taner sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carsten van Wonderen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Bow Ling hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Çağatay Sehim, 54 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 60thth minute of the game Carsten van Wonderen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 1930 Bafraspor's Zeki Akgüneş was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of The Underdogs booed when 1930 Bafraspor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fikret Nesim didn't get a good kick on the ball. 1930 Bafraspor's Gürcan Subutay was substituted for Ulvi Turbay. In the 77th match minute, 1930 Bafraspor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fikret Nesim to maneuver through the defense. 1930 Bafraspor's Zeki Akgüneş played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bjorn Veltman in the 77th minute of play. In the 79th minute, Twan de Koning hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carsten van Wonderen charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Carsten van Wonderen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 81 played minutes The Underdogs got a freekick which was hit by Carsten van Wonderen. After 84 played minutes 1930 Bafraspor got a freekick which was hit by Cabbar Hekimoğlu. The supporters of 1930 Bafraspor booed when The Underdogs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carsten van Wonderen didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th minute Bjorn Veltman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zeki Akgüneş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. The Underdogs had won after a very even match.