U21 World League

Gotham City
Spectators: 8200 (Terracing: 6150, Seating: 1886, VIP seats: 164) Hlonda Boyz's Izydor Turacki 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. Zhou Zhen Peng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celal Baykoca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes into the game, Tayfun Esentürk cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Zhou Zhen Peng was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. - JOKER -'s attentive Cabbar Işıldar managed to snatch the ball when Jimmy Muir made a throw-in in the 11th minute of the game. In the 15th minute Kong Cheng Xi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but İskender Özkutal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. İskender Özkutal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Izydor Turacki in the 18th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Benedykt Zakrzewski in the 21st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by - JOKER -'s Kubilay Balkar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kong Cheng Xi in the 32nd minute of play forced - JOKER -'s goalkeeper İskender Özkutal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute, Kong Cheng Xi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. İskender Özkutal was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 39 minutes into the match, - JOKER -'s goal looked a bit too open when Kong Cheng Xi came free, but İskender Özkutal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of - JOKER - booed when Hlonda Boyz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maciej Wietrzychowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. - JOKER -'s Dündar Ersezen shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 43rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Zhou Zhen Peng but with some difficulty.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tayfun Esentürk made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Kong Cheng Xi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but İskender Özkutal was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. The supporters of Hlonda Boyz booed when - JOKER - was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kubilay Balkar didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience held their breath when Maciej Wietrzychowski in the 56th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the İskender Özkutal's left hand side. - JOKER - made a substitution. Rochy Mulia replaced Şerif İpekçi. - JOKER -'s Mehmet Osman Sadri was substituted for Tolunay Boz. - JOKER - made a substitution. Hami Alişan replaced Son Kartal. İskender Özkutal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kong Cheng Xi in the 60th minute. - JOKER -'s İskender Özkutal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save - JOKER - from getting a goal against them. 67 minutes into the match, - JOKER -'s goal looked a bit too open when Kong Cheng Xi came free, but İskender Özkutal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th minute, Henri Pesqueira 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. Hlonda Boyz made a substitution. Roland Bejrut replaced Izydor Turacki. İskender Özkutal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roland Bejrut in the 77th minute. - JOKER -'s İskender Özkutal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kong Cheng Xi in the 78th minute of play. A collision led to - JOKER - getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Mehmet Osman Sadri hit a great ball. With a little luck, - JOKER -'s İskender Özkutal got control of the ball when Kong Cheng Xi tried to sneak it across the goal line. İskender Özkutal made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Ryan Giggs sent off a good shot on target. 90 minutes into the game, Kong Cheng Xi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of İskender Özkutal. Kong Cheng Xi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. In the 93rd minute, - JOKER -'s Rafa Marin seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Rafa Marin the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of - JOKER - protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Rafa Marin had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After a rather tough play, - JOKER -'s Rafa Marin got a free kick in the 94th minute. When the match was over Hlonda Boyz could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than - JOKER - throughout the match.