U23 World League

Gothic Souls Arena
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Huang Yi Qian kicked off to start the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Özden Nesefi during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Özden Nesefi hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Menderes Hikmet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Huang Yi Qian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tugay Kerimoglu hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Menderes Hikmet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gonçalo Montenegro in the 13th minute of the match. In the 16th minute Öztürk Umuralp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Félix Mielle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. MALZBIER's Félix Mielle proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save MALZBIER from getting a goal against them. Félix Mielle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sezer İnan in the 27th minute of the match. MALZBIER's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 沈国明 in the 36th minute. The corner led MALZBIER's 沈国明 to fire away a dangerous shot which Menderes Hikmet despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Yıldırım Mertkal fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gothic Souls's protests and gave Yıldırım Mertkal a yellow card for diving instead. After 37 played minutes Gothic Souls got a freekick which was hit by Yıldırım Mertkal. Sezer İnan hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Gothic Souls's attentive Özden Nesefi managed to snatch the ball when Hugo Laguna made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. In the 44thth minute of the game Huang Yi Qian who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gothic Souls's Menderes Hikmet was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.

MALZBIER's Tony Hoffmann was substituted for Edinho Arantes. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Öztürk Umuralp stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Félix Mielle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Öztürk Umuralp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Gothic Souls getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Yıldırım Mertkal hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Öztürk Umuralp's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Félix Mielle was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Gothic Souls's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tugay Kerimoglu in the 58th minute. The corner led Gothic Souls's Tugay Kerimoglu to fire away a dangerous shot which Félix Mielle despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Menderes Hikmet was a little too slow when Huang Yi Qian got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 60th minute. The score was now 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sezer İnan in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Félix Mielle prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Onurhan Aydoğan in the 66th minute of play forced Gothic Souls's goalkeeper Menderes Hikmet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Menderes Hikmet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Onurhan Aydoğan, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. After 71 minutes of play, MALZBIER's Huang Yi Qian made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Menderes Hikmet was left in no man's land by his defense there! 江康文 got a throw-in 74 minutes in the game and the ball was received by 沈国明. The supporters of MALZBIER booed when Gothic Souls was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yıldırım Mertkal didn't get a good kick on the ball. 82 minutes into the match, Gothic Souls's goalkeeper Menderes Hikmet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Huang Yi Qian. With a little luck, Gothic Souls's Menderes Hikmet got control of the ball when Onurhan Aydoğan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Menderes Hikmet made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yuri Loureiro in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tony Hoffmann in the 86th minute of play forced Gothic Souls's goalkeeper Menderes Hikmet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 89 minutes Gothic Souls's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 沈国明 who took care of the corner kick. Menderes Hikmet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Huang Yi Qian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 94 minutes, Öztürk Umuralp managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gothic Souls's supporters crossed their fingers, but Öztürk Umuralp was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Onurhan Aydoğan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Menderes Hikmet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. MALZBIER's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.