U23 World League

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Spectators: 8200 (Terracing: 6150, Seating: 1886, VIP seats: 164) Doğan Kanber hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 5th minute Tod Freeman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gunnar Bennet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grant Blacknell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olgierd Mnich in the 8th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mike Wadham in the 10th minute of play forced KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's goalkeeper Gunnar Bennet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute, Doğan Kanber hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Patryk Plučinský was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 20 minutes into the match. After 19 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Leicester Lions! In the 22nd minute there was a penalty for KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter. Olgierd Mnich stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Grant Blacknell. 1-0. In the 27th minute, Tarkan Demirci ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Grant Blacknell was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. After 30 minutes, Şükür Hagi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Leicester Lions and the KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter players grew even worse after the yellow card. Şükür Hagi hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's Gunnar Bennet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Camron Rhodes in the 35th minute of play. Grant Blacknell took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tarkan Demirci, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Qiu De Wen kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, Tarkan Demirci notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Leicester Lions's Grant Blacknell. Grant Blacknell was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpected shot in the 46th minute by Tarkan Demirci got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tarkan Demirci made a kick off. Grant Blacknell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tarkan Demirci in the 56th minute of play. KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter made a substitution. Zvonko Subotić replaced Mehmet Akif Peyami. After a rather tough play, Leicester Lions's Mike Wadham got a free kick in the 58th minute. Grant Blacknell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veysel Terzi in the 59th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Veysel Terzi notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Leicester Lions's Grant Blacknell. Grant Blacknell was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mustafa Anıl Cemşit scored 5-0 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Grant Blacknell, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 78 minutes into the match, Leicester Lions's goal looked a bit too open when Olgierd Mnich came free, but Grant Blacknell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd match minute, KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olgierd Mnich to maneuver through the defense. Grant Blacknell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veysel Terzi in the 84th minute of play. KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's Zvonko Subotić was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Grant Blacknell in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Veysel Terzi might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Grant Blacknell. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Veysel Terzi ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Veysel Terzi in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Grant Blacknell saved Leicester Lions from getting behind. For all the effort they put into the match, the Leicester Lions players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter.