U21 World League

Stade de la Mosson
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roger Klemensson got the match started through his kick off. Fredrik Bennet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rıfkı Tanpınar, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Gençlerbirliği's Ahmet Hayri Eryilmaz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Gençlerbirliği from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Samurai booed when Gençlerbirliği was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rıfkı Tanpınar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roger Klemensson in the 10thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ahmet Hayri Eryilmaz, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Elliott Bennet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 19th minute, Rıfkı Tanpınar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After some careless play in the Samurai defense, Rıfkı Tanpınar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fredrik Bennet. The Samurai fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fredrik Bennet should have stopped the shot. After 27 played minutes, Samurai's Roger Kalfhage shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ahmet Hayri Eryilmaz came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Samurai reached it. After having played for 31 minutes, Roger Klemensson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Samurai's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roger Klemensson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ahmet Hayri Eryilmaz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henry Åkerström in the 48th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rıfkı Tanpınar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice moves Yavuz Selimhan Açıkel could shoot a difficult shot in the 54th minute, which Fredrik Bennet however easily saved by the left post. In the 56th minute, Per-Oskar Andberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th match minute, Gençlerbirliği was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yavuz Selimhan Açıkel to maneuver through the defense. After 61 played minutes Gençlerbirliği got a freekick which was hit by Yavuz Selimhan Açıkel. Roger Kalfhage kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, Samurai's goal looked a bit too open when Rıfkı Tanpınar came free, but Fredrik Bennet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 71st minute, Rıfkı Tanpınar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 74 minutes, Michael Haglund mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Samurai and the Gençlerbirliği players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rıfkı Tanpınar in the 76th minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Fredrik Bennet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roger Klemensson in the 80th minute of play forced Gençlerbirliği's goalkeeper Ahmet Hayri Eryilmaz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 83 minutes, Roger Kalfhage mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Samurai and the Gençlerbirliği players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Derviş Sendur came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Gençlerbirliği fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Derviş Sendur couldn't finish the play. Dursun Ali Özluer kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. In the 89th match minute, Gençlerbirliği was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Güner Tarancı to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Rıfkı Tanpınar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gençlerbirliği's supporters rose to their feet, but Rıfkı Tanpınar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fredrik Bennet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 96th minute, Per-Åke Eriksson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Gençlerbirliği walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.