U21 World League

SKY ARENA
Spectators: 7469 (Terracing: 5603, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sungur Yalçın kicked off to start the match. Stan Hewitt's late challenge caught a The Last Airbender's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stan Hewitt helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of The Last Airbender booed when TibaDons was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stan Hewitt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hacı Dede hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. The Last Airbender's Mehmet Halis Haliç managed to work through TibaDons's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Mehmet Halis Haliç dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Ollie Clark showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sungur Yalçın, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute, Mehmet Halis Haliç made a precise shot to the right of Ollie Clark. TibaDons's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. 20 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Uchechukwu Uche. 24 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mehmet Halis Haliç. Ahmet Nedim Eronat lost his temper 26 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 26th minute, Ahmet Nedim Eronat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zülfikar Kumukbay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luke Cooke, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Mehmet Halis Haliç fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ollie Clark having to interfere. After a rather tough play, TibaDons's Eric Butt got a free kick in the 31st minute. Zülfikar Kumukbay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grant Cornish, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. With a little luck, TibaDons's Ollie Clark got control of the ball when Mehmet Halis Haliç tried to sneak it across the goal line. Grant Cornish hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Grant Cornish made the kick off in the second half. Uchechukwu Uche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Uchechukwu Uche received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Ollie Clark tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Austen Bull took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zülfikar Kumukbay. Zülfikar Kumukbay dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. 73 minutes into the match, The Last Airbender's goalkeeper Zülfikar Kumukbay had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Grant Cornish. Stan Hewitt kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Uchechukwu Uche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Uchechukwu Uche received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Ollie Clark tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abdulaziz Sungur kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. After having played for 92 minutes, Uchechukwu Uche managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. The Last Airbender's supporters crossed their fingers, but Uchechukwu Uche was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 96th minute Mehmet Halis Haliç shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ollie Clark saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 97 minutes into the game, Rick Postolan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. TibaDons's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave The Last Airbender the free kick. TibaDons's Ollie Clark played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uchechukwu Uche in the 98th minute of play. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.