U21 World League

Dağılgan Arena
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lucas Langoni kicked off to start the match. Duman Elhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque James in the 4th minute of the match. Duman Elhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucas Langoni in the 6th minute of the match. Duman Elhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roque James, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. After 14 minutes, Mevlüt Başer mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 68Aksarayspor and the ..Villa Rugby Club.. players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 14 played minutes 68Aksarayspor got a freekick which was hit by Mevlüt Başer. In the 15th minute of the match Manuel Iban shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Duman Elhan showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 16 minutes into the match, Roque James notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of 68Aksarayspor's Duman Elhan. Duman Elhan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 19 minutes of play, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Augusto Udalaitz made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Duman Elhan was left in no man's land by his defense there! 22 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Rene Higuita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hamit Ülger. Hamit Ülger could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Rene Higuita made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Lucas Langoni's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duman Elhan was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 25th minute ..Villa Rugby Club.. were awarded a corner. Manuel Iban went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Manuel Iban to fire away a dangerous shot which Duman Elhan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hamit Ülger got free with Rene Higuita in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Duman Elhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Iban in the 35th minute of play. With a little luck, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Rene Higuita got control of the ball when Servet Berin tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to 68Aksarayspor getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Sancar Boğatekin hit a great ball. After the first half ..Villa Rugby Club.. were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cesur Demirbaş stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to 68Aksarayspor getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Mansur Şirvan hit a great ball. 68Aksarayspor's Duman Elhan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manuel Iban in the 58th minute of play. With a little luck, 68Aksarayspor's Duman Elhan got control of the ball when Lucas Langoni tried to sneak it across the goal line. Duman Elhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque James in the 61st minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, 68Aksarayspor's goalkeeper Duman Elhan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lucas Langoni. In the 67th minute of the match, Manuel Iban got a very nice opportunity to score, but Duman Elhan was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Rosendo Beti hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. With his leg Duman Elhan managed to avoid a goal in the 76thth minute, when ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Rafael Leoncio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Rene Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from İsrafil Bedi, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. After a defensive mix-up in 68Aksarayspor's zone, Augusto Udalaitz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Duman Elhan came out of the goal and Augusto Udalaitz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 87th minute, Cesur Demirbaş hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Rene Higuita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hamit Ülger in the 95th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. ..Villa Rugby Club.. walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.