U23 World League

M.K.ATATÜRK Stadyumu
Spectators: 7960 (Terracing: 5971, Seating: 1831, VIP seats: 158) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Victor Petersson made the kick off which started today's match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hakan Calhanoglu during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 7 minutes into the match, Virtual Aces's goalkeeper Frederick Van Gorp had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Berkay Lemi. After having played for 12 minutes, Qian Qing managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Virtual Aces's supporters crossed their fingers, but Qian Qing was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Erdeniz Ankaralı didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victor Petersson went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Erdeniz Ankaralı showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cornel Manciulea in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Victor Petersson 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. Berkay Lemi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Frederick Van Gorp tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erdeniz Ankaralı took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qian Qing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute, Necdet Özaltın 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. In the 34th minute of the match, Necdet Özaltın tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Frederick Van Gorp saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After the first half Virtual Aces were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Berkay Lemi made the kick off in the second half. Erdeniz Ankaralı showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Petersson, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Frederick Van Gorp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zülfikar Tanaydin in the 54th minute of the match. Ulu Oğuztüzün's late challenge caught a Virtual Aces's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ulu Oğuztüzün helped the player get up and apologised. In the 57th match minute, Büyükada Commandos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulu Oğuztüzün to maneuver through the defense. Cornel Manciulea's late challenge caught a Büyükada Commandos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cornel Manciulea helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Virtual Aces getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Cornel Manciulea hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Berkay Lemi in the 59th minute of play forced Virtual Aces's goalkeeper Frederick Van Gorp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Büyükada Commandos were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after Virtual Aces's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Berkay Lemi took the corner. The corner led Büyükada Commandos's Mehmet Bedri Sözmen to fire away a dangerous shot which Frederick Van Gorp despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to Büyükada Commandos getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Zülfikar Tanaydin hit a great ball. In the 72nd play minute Qian Qing came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Erdeniz Ankaralı. 0-4. Tan Adar charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tan Adar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 83rd minute, Virtual Aces's Victor Petersson dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. In the 87th minute, Virtual Aces's Qian Qing dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-7. Erdeniz Ankaralı stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Petersson's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. When the match was over Virtual Aces could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Büyükada Commandos throughout the match.