U18 World League

Los Valientes Arena
Spectators: 7546 (Terracing: 5661, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) Ekkehard Diebold made the kick off and thus started the match. After 4 played minutes KFC Uerdingen 05 got a freekick which was hit by Ekkehard Diebold. A collision led to KFC Uerdingen 05 getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Ellis Jakob hit a great ball. Oscar Sandkühler stood somewhat misplaced when Şerafettin Ilgın came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 11 minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erdinç İkbal in the 23rd minute of play forced KFC Uerdingen 05's goalkeeper Oscar Sandkühler to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Los Valientes's Vacid Oksu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alois Fontagnier in the 25th minute of play. After 26 minutes of play, KFC Uerdingen 05's Sebastian Szymanski made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vacid Oksu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Edgar Rau blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vacid Oksu having to make a save. In the 28th minute, Ekkehard Diebold made a precise shot to the right of Vacid Oksu. Los Valientes's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Vacid Oksu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ekkehard Diebold, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. If Erdinç İkbal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Erdinç İkbal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the KFC Uerdingen 05 defense, Şerafettin Ilgın kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Oscar Sandkühler. The KFC Uerdingen 05 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Oscar Sandkühler should have stopped the shot. Hartwig Kirsch's late challenge caught a Los Valientes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hartwig Kirsch helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to KFC Uerdingen 05 getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Hartwig Kirsch hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Şerafettin Ilgın managed to get in a good position for a shot. Los Valientes's supporters rose to their feet, but Şerafettin Ilgın was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oscar Sandkühler breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ekkehard Diebold in the 47th minute of play forced Los Valientes's goalkeeper Vacid Oksu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Şerafettin Ilgın was the one to do the kick off. Edgar Rau kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. Şerafettin Ilgın received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Oscar Sandkühler tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sebastian Szymanski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Vacid Oksu made a huge save. Vacid Oksu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ehrhard Bonacker in the 57th minute of play. Los Valientes's Taha Sağun managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ellis Jakob in the 61 minute of the game. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Los Valientes's goalkeeper Vacid Oksu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Los Valientes booed when KFC Uerdingen 05 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ekkehard Diebold didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vahap Tekgül charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vahap Tekgül the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 72nd match minute, Los Valientes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vahap Tekgül to maneuver through the defense. After 73 played minutes, KFC Uerdingen 05's Hartwig Kirsch shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vacid Oksu came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in KFC Uerdingen 05 reached it. A collision led to Los Valientes getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Orhun Bozoğluer hit a great ball. In the 81st minute, Mehmet Bedri Rüştü hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 85 minutes into the match, Los Valientes's Şerafettin Ilgın sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Oscar Sandkühler narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mehmet Bedri Rüştü hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.