U18 World League

☆ZEYTİNBURNU ARENA☆
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roy Huston took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, C. A. Independiente's Todd Ogden got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After a rather tough play, C. A. Independiente's Todd Ogden got a free kick in the 4th minute. C. A. Independiente's J.P. Marion couldn't get a good grip on the ball when Ali Behzat Eygül shot the distance nicking the right pole and went into goal in the 4th minute, 1-0. When Boyd Ashley fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored C. A. Independiente's protests and gave Boyd Ashley a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to C. A. Independiente getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Boyd Ashley hit a great ball. In the 11th match minute, ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aykutalp Çırağ to maneuver through the defense. C. A. Independiente's Roy Huston got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Oswaldo Acosta fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored C. A. Independiente's protests and gave Oswaldo Acosta a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to C. A. Independiente getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Oswaldo Acosta hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aykutalp Çırağ in the 24th minute of play forced C. A. Independiente's goalkeeper J.P. Marion to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute, Roy Huston 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. Ali Behzat Eygül fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without J.P. Marion having to interfere. Onuralp Hanönü sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to C. A. Independiente getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Weldon Morrow hit a great ball. A collision led to C. A. Independiente getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Rafael Flynn hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's Ali Behzat Eygül tried to score from far away in the 41st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's Aykutalp Çırağ got a free kick in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

If Aykutalp Çırağ had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953's goalkeeper İslam Adıvar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. İslam Adıvar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roy Huston, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Onuralp Hanönü recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 73rd minute, Fırat Yanaç hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ferdinand Bauer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but İslam Adıvar made a huge save. After a rather tough play, C. A. Independiente's Todd Ogden got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 82nd minute, Ali Behzat Eygül sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and C. A. Independiente's J.P. Marion didn't even have to move. After 91 played minutes ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953 got a freekick which was hit by Onuralp Hanönü. Boyd Ashley might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over İslam Adıvar. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Boyd Ashley ran back to his position shaking his head. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. ☆ZEYTİNBURNUSPOR™1953 fully deserved thier win.