U23 World League

Arena Malzibier
Spectators: 7751 (Terracing: 5815, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) Yıldırım Mertkal kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. In the 3rd minute, Huang Yi Qian ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Menderes Hikmet was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 6th minute, Sezer İnan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gothic Souls fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 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. Menderes Hikmet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edinho Arantes in the 16th minute of play. Kang Chen Xiong made in the 19th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Yuri Loureiro immediately put the ball in play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Huang Yi Qian got free with Menderes Hikmet in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Huang Yi Qian took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Menderes Hikmet. Menderes Hikmet dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

MALZBIER made a substitution. Onurhan Aydoğan replaced Gonçalo Montenegro. The wind increased when Öztürk Umuralp made the kick off in the second half. Menderes Hikmet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuri Loureiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. In the 61stth minute of the game Öztürk Umuralp who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MALZBIER's Félix Mielle was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to MALZBIER getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Hugo Laguna hit a great ball. 64 minutes into the game, Öztürk Umuralp cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Félix Mielle was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of Gothic Souls booed when MALZBIER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Huang Yi Qian didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sezer İnan who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 70thth minute tested the skills of Félix Mielle when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 72nd minute Tony Hoffmann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Menderes Hikmet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Félix Mielle made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tugay Kerimoglu in the 81st minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, MALZBIER's goal looked a bit too open when Öztürk Umuralp came free, but Félix Mielle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, MALZBIER's Félix Mielle got control of the ball when Öztürk Umuralp tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Gothic Souls's Sezer İnan got a free kick in the 86th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Onurhan Aydoğan in the 94th minute of play forced Gothic Souls's goalkeeper Menderes Hikmet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 94 minutes, the score became 3-2 when Huang Yi Qian sped through Gothic Souls's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Menderes Hikmet. There was no doubt that MALZBIER were the better team. MALZBIER's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.