U18 World League

Northside Stadium
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) Birkan Sarik started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. North Port UTD's Arif Ozan Bolat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ulaş Kural in the 5th minute of play. In the 9th minute, one of North Port UTD:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for North Port UTD. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Emin Olgunsu managed to get in a good position for a shot. ErbaA KartaLı's supporters rose to their feet, but Emin Olgunsu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arif Ozan Bolat breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 28th minute, Ulaş Kural 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. Arif Ozan Bolat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulaş Kural in the 30th minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Yenal Faydalı hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Besim Usbey received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Halil İbrahim Balatürk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 35 minutes, Ulaş Kural managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ErbaA KartaLı's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ulaş Kural was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 37th minute, Ulaş Kural 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. In the 43rd minute, Birkan Sarik reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Halil İbrahim Balatürk. The goal made the score 1-0. Arif Ozan Bolat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulaş Kural in the 47th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ulaş Kural to strike the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Birkan Sarik had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Halil İbrahim Balatürk. ErbaA KartaLı's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Birkan Sarik was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Halil İbrahim Balatürk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ömür Sağanalp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st minute Birkan Sarik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Halil İbrahim Balatürk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ulaş Kural fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arif Ozan Bolat having to interfere. Halil İbrahim Balatürk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Besim Usbey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ulaş Kural hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Birkan Sarik scored 3-0 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Halil İbrahim Balatürk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Halil İbrahim Balatürk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birkan Sarik in the 87th minute of the match. Ahmet Ege Aydın fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Halil İbrahim Balatürk having to interfere. After 92 played minutes ErbaA KartaLı got a freekick which was hit by Yüksel Başol. Arif Ozan Bolat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ulaş Kural, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. For all the effort they put into the match, the ErbaA KartaLı players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for North Port UTD.