U21 World League

phoenix arena
Spectators: 7507 (Terracing: 5631, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Çağrı Genişyürek made the kick off which started today's match. With a little luck, Rakkestad IF's Kenneth Friis got control of the ball when Çağrı Genişyürek tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 6 minutes of play, G . S A R A Y's Ahmet Ege Topçay made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kenneth Friis was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Rakkestad IF getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Christian Halstensen hit a great ball. If Çağrı Genişyürek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 13th minute Otto Klepp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cafer Hekimoğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to G . S A R A Y getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Batıhan Kocay hit a great ball. Kenneth Friis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Çağrı Genişyürek in the 20th minute. Çağrı Genişyürek kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Cafer Hekimoğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otto Klepp, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 26th minute Rakkestad IF were awarded a corner. Christian Halstensen went to the cornerflag to take it. The supporters of G . S A R A Y booed when Rakkestad IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hans-Petter Krogh didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cafer Hekimoğlu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Christian Halstensen's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. In the 30th minute Christian Halstensen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cafer Hekimoğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kenneth Friis was a little too slow when Çağrı Genişyürek got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 31st minute. The score was now 2-0. In the 34th minute, Paşa Ali Tanyıldız hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cafer Hekimoğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Halstensen, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Kenneth Friis made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Ahmet Ege Topçay sent off a good shot on target. Kenneth Friis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Çağrı Genişyürek in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute Christian Halstensen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cafer Hekimoğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 41st minute, Christian Halstensen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cafer Hekimoğlu was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Christian Halstensen to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Rakkestad IF's Otto Klepp dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. Otto Klepp kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. With a little luck, G . S A R A Y's Cafer Hekimoğlu got control of the ball when Christian Halstensen tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, G . S A R A Y's Cafer Hekimoğlu got control of the ball when Christian Halstensen tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 71st match minute, G . S A R A Y was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paşa Ali Tanyıldız to maneuver through the defense. 75 minutes into the match, G . S A R A Y's goalkeeper Cafer Hekimoğlu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christian Halstensen. Ahmet Ege Topçay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kenneth Friis having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Çağrı Genişyürek in the 79th minute of play forced Rakkestad IF's goalkeeper Kenneth Friis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the game, Otto Klepp recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cafer Hekimoğlu. Otto Klepp showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-3. Jeppe Benjaminsen hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Carl Frigstad kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. In the 91st minute of the match Metin Yaltırak sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kenneth Friis skillfully saved the ball. The supporters of G . S A R A Y booed when Rakkestad IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Linus Todal didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 94th minute, Christian Halstensen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Rakkestad IF players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.