U23 World League

ALTAY ATATURK ARENA
Spectators: 7673 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Babür Coşan made the kick off which started today's match. Aygün Yaltırak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jesus Van Meenen in the 5th minute of play. After 6 played minutes All Stars Gent got a freekick which was hit by Siebe Luijten. All Stars Gent's Siebe Luijten got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. All Stars Gent's defense didn't have a chance, in the 12th minute, when Orhan Üstündağ scored to the left of an out of position Yvan Poets, making the score, 1-0. Mansur Arıhan kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jesus Van Meenen in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aygün Yaltırak saved ALTAY MYTHS from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siebe Luijten in the 18th minute of play forced ALTAY MYTHS's goalkeeper Aygün Yaltırak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The All Stars Gent fans' excitement grew in the 18th match minute when All Stars Gent's Siebe Luijten looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 22nd minute, Siebe Luijten ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aygün Yaltırak was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 25th minute Jesus Van Meenen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aygün Yaltırak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Siebe Luijten scored 1-3 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aygün Yaltırak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Norbert Boegaert in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aygün Yaltırak saved ALTAY MYTHS from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy in the 34th minute of play forced All Stars Gent's goalkeeper Yvan Poets to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 35 minutes of play, ALTAY MYTHS's Orhan Üstündağ made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yvan Poets was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, All Stars Gent's Mathijs de Pelsmaecker got a free kick in the 40th minute. In the 42nd minute, Kubilay Sabuncuoğlu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute Siebe Luijten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aygün Yaltırak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aygün Yaltırak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jesus Van Meenen went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. The ALTAY MYTHS players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. All Stars Gent were winning 2-4.

In the 57th minute Siebe Luijten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aygün Yaltırak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yvan Poets saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siebe Luijten in the 65th minute of play forced ALTAY MYTHS's goalkeeper Aygün Yaltırak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orhan Üstündağ in the 70th minute of play forced All Stars Gent's goalkeeper Yvan Poets to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jesus Van Meenen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ALTAY MYTHS made a substitution. Turgut Tümer replaced Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy. Jesus Van Meenen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aygün Yaltırak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Siebe Luijten in the 82nd minute. ALTAY MYTHS's Aygün Yaltırak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save ALTAY MYTHS from getting a goal against them. In the 87th minute, All Stars Gent's Siebe Luijten ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aygün Yaltırak. Aygün Yaltırak yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-5. In the 92nd minute, Siebe Luijten reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aygün Yaltırak. The goal made the score 2-6. When the match was over All Stars Gent could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ALTAY MYTHS throughout the match.