U18 World League

Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 7830 (Terracing: 5874, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) The Last Airbender's Sungur Yalçın 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. Álvaro Pareja kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Ramón Quiroga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sungur Yalçın, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Ramón Quiroga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mehmet Halis Haliç in the 12th minute of play. With a little luck, The Last Airbender's Zülfikar Kumukbay got control of the ball when Monte Vega tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 16th match minute, The Last Airbender was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdulaziz Sungur to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Manolito Flores took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Zülfikar Kumukbay to make any attempt to save it. The Last Airbender's Zülfikar Kumukbay proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save The Last Airbender from getting a goal against them. Manolito Flores hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Xurde Solana during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 24th minute, Xurde Solana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st match minute, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marco-Antonio Climent to maneuver through the defense. In the 32nd match minute, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Álvaro Pareja to maneuver through the defense. Ramón Quiroga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehmet Halis Haliç in the 34th minute of play. Zülfikar Kumukbay made an important save on a dangerous shot by César Nafría in the 38th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ahmet Oğuz Tülek during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 44 played minutes The Last Airbender got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Oğuz Tülek. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

After 54 minutes of play F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Xurde Solana was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 55th match minute, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xurde Solana to maneuver through the defense. In the 57th minute, Ahmet Nedim Eronat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Monte Vega had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ramón Quiroga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehmet Halis Haliç in the 60th minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Monte Vega left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. In the 74th minute, Joachim Dobale 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. 80 minutes into the match, Jaime Bergada notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of The Last Airbender's Zülfikar Kumukbay. Zülfikar Kumukbay was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. César Nafría fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zülfikar Kumukbay having to interfere. Emirhan Kutlan kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. César Nafría received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Zülfikar Kumukbay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA had played much better football throughout.