U18 World League

KOO Park
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leo Hompanera got the match started through his kick off. 6 minutes into the game, Teofilio Horreo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. CANTERANOS DMS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave KOO Tigers the free kick. Teofilio Horreo hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Tolga Şahinhan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grueso Obana was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Grueso Obana didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when KOO Tigers's Tolga Şahinhan shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After a rather tough play, KOO Tigers's Hüsmen Ötüken got a free kick in the 19th minute. 24 minutes into the match, KOO Tigers's Hüsmen Ötüken sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Grueso Obana narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to CANTERANOS DMS getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Damian Massana hit a great ball. After 42 minutes, Tolga Şahinhan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the KOO Tigers and the CANTERANOS DMS players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 43rd match minute, KOO Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tolga Şahinhan to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, KOO Tigers's Emrullah Özdek got a free kick in the 45th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Tolga Şahinhan made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Emrullah Özdek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to CANTERANOS DMS getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Angel Piñera hit a great ball. In the 61st match minute, KOO Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lütfullah Akçakoca to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 63 minutes, Tolga Şahinhan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. KOO Tigers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tolga Şahinhan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. KOO Tigers's defense didn't have a chance, in the 70th minute, when Leo Hompanera scored to the left of an out of position Saadettin Kutsoy, making the score, 1-1. KOO Tigers's Saadettin Kutsoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teofilio Horreo in the 74th minute of play. Lütfullah Akçakoca charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lütfullah Akçakoca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 83 played minutes KOO Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Lütfullah Akçakoca. KOO Tigers's attentive Yaşar Tuğbay managed to snatch the ball when Reyes Pescaredo made a throw-in in the 84th minute of the game. In the 89th minute Tolga Şahinhan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grueso Obana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.