U21 World League

Solo Arena
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gürkan Akaydın started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Black Cloud FC's Pascal Nouma nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dylan Beckman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 11 minutes into the match, Black Cloud FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas Vargas came free, but Balaban Orcaner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dylan Beckman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gürkan Akaydın in the 13th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, Lucas Vargas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Balaban Orcaner. Black Cloud FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lucas Vargas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. After 19 minutes, Norberto Ivey mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Recolta Alamor and the Black Cloud FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 19th minute, Norberto Ivey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dylan Beckman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pascal Nouma went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 31st minute Gürkan Akaydın shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dylan Beckman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pascal Nouma sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dylan Beckman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascal Nouma in the 33rd minute of play. Recolta Alamor's Lucas Vargas got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Recolta Alamor's Lucas Vargas got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gürkan Akaydın struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Dylan Beckman didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Black Cloud FC. Pascal Nouma took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dylan Beckman. Dylan Beckman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 54th minute Tyson Helton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Balaban Orcaner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Norberto Ivey made in the 56th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Lucas Vargas. 61 minutes into the match, Black Cloud FC's Pascal Nouma sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dylan Beckman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With an all-out effort, Black Cloud FC's Dylan Beckman threw himself towards the right post 69 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Pascal Nouma, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Pascal Nouma scored 2-4 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dylan Beckman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Black Cloud FC's Koča Yarangga was substituted for Pascal Nouma. Recolta Alamor's Rupert Simmons was substituted for Felipe Jacques. Gürkan Akaydın's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 78thth minute, Dylan Beckman skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. If Lucas Vargas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Balaban Orcaner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rex Ellis, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. A collision led to Recolta Alamor getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Norberto Ivey hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Koča Yarangga got free with Dylan Beckman in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Recolta Alamor getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Hans Kuhn hit a great ball. Black Cloud FC's Necdet Bala couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 90th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Recolta Alamor. In the 92nd minute, Recolta Alamor's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Gürkan Akaydın fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The Black Cloud FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Black Cloud FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.