U23 World League

Los Valientes Arena
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Şerafettin Ilgın made the kick off which started today's match. Cemil Torgay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Birger Benett, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 4 minutes into the match, Pelle Bennet notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Los Valientes's Cemil Torgay. Cemil Torgay was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Michael Haglund's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cemil Torgay was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Mehmet Bedri Rüştü's late challenge caught a FC NORDLAND's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mehmet Bedri Rüştü helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Los Valientes's Mehmet Bedri Rüştü got a free kick in the 8th minute. Cemil Torgay came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by FC NORDLAND's Pelle Bennet. But to his dismay, Pelle Bennet quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Bandit Banks was a little too slow when Şerafettin Ilgın got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 13th minute. The score was now 1-2. Bandit Banks made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şerafettin Ilgın in the 17th minute of play. 20 minutes into the game, Mehmet Hamdi Satılmış was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Los Valientes's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC NORDLAND the free kick. After 20 played minutes Los Valientes got a freekick which was hit by Mehmet Hamdi Satılmış. After 22 played minutes Los Valientes got a freekick which was hit by Mehmet Hamdi Satılmış. Cemil Torgay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birger Benett in the 26th minute of the match. After 27 minutes of play Los Valientes's Mehmet Bedri Rüştü was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Mehmet Bedri Rüştü kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Cemil Torgay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michael Haglund in the 31st minute of play. After 32 minutes, Pelle Bennet mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC NORDLAND and the Los Valientes players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 32 played minutes FC NORDLAND got a freekick which was hit by Pelle Bennet. Erdinç İkbal hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Los Valientes defense, Pelle Bennet kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cemil Torgay. The Los Valientes fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cemil Torgay should have stopped the shot. FC NORDLAND's Pelle Bennet suffered a sore thigh after 43 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rüknettin Özbir during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Rüknettin Özbir hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Birger Benett might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cemil Torgay. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Birger Benett ran back to his position shaking his head. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The wind increased when Gabriel Klintæus made the kick off in the second half. Bandit Banks showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Şerafettin Ilgın, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. When Şerafettin Ilgın fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Los Valientes's protests and gave Şerafettin Ilgın a yellow card for diving instead. Svenne Svensk hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Şerafettin Ilgın sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Through an outstanding action, after 69 minutes, Cemil Torgay successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Michael Haglund could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Cemil Torgay made a huge save. Gabriel Klintæus did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Cemil Torgay 72 minutes into the match. In the 76th minute Jan-Åke Nilsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cemil Torgay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cemil Torgay made an important save on a dangerous shot by Michael Haglund in the 78th minute. Gabriel Klintæus kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. A collision led to FC NORDLAND getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Gabriel Klintæus hit a great ball. In the 94th minute, Sungur Ökten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC NORDLAND played a much better game than Los Valientes and deserved their victory. The Los Valientes players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.