U21 World League

FC MANLE ARENA
Spectators: 7572 (Terracing: 5680, Seating: 1741, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Uğuralp Melik made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th match minute, FC MANLE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Uğuralp Melik to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of AlbaStars FC booed when FC MANLE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yüce Tuna didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to AlbaStars FC getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Emir Dede hit a great ball. In the 18th minute, Nusrettin Uzay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the FC MANLE defense, Emir Dede kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ahmet Davut Keskin. The FC MANLE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ahmet Davut Keskin should have stopped the shot. Bledi Kyçyku took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Uğuralp Melik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Uğuralp Melik took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bledi Kyçyku. Bledi Kyçyku dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Bledi Kyçyku came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by FC MANLE's Uğuralp Melik. But to his dismay, Uğuralp Melik quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Nusrettin Uzay hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. 31 minutes into the game, AlbaStars FC's Emir Dede nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ahmet Davut Keskin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. FC MANLE's Sarp Cangun quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Lisian Curri, made in the 35th minute of the game. Nusrettin Uzay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Bledi Kyçyku tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ahmet Davut Keskin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lisian Curri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Nusrettin Uzay managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC MANLE's supporters rose to their feet, but Nusrettin Uzay was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bledi Kyçyku breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Uğuralp Melik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Bledi Kyçyku tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute Emir Dede shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Davut Keskin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ahmet Davut Keskin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emir Dede in the 47th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emir Dede stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, AlbaStars FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sarp Cangun came free, but Bledi Kyçyku reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ahmet Davut Keskin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lisian Curri in the 53rd minute. Ahmet Davut Keskin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isli Çeka in the 54th minute of play. Zekman Gega sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, AlbaStars FC's Ramazan Krasniqi got a free kick in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Uğuralp Melik in the 59th minute of play forced AlbaStars FC's goalkeeper Bledi Kyçyku to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the AlbaStars FC defense, Uğuralp Melik kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bledi Kyçyku. The AlbaStars FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bledi Kyçyku should have stopped the shot. If Uğuralp Melik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 66th match minute, AlbaStars FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zhabir Bajrami to maneuver through the defense. Uğuralp Melik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bledi Kyçyku having to interfere. The supporters of FC MANLE booed when AlbaStars FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lisian Curri didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC MANLE's Ahmet Davut Keskin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emir Dede in the 90th minute of play. Ahmet Davut Keskin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emir Dede in the 96th minute of the match.