U23 World League

Trooper Arena
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eşref Berksu got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Fear Of The Dark's Raşit Seyran got a free kick in the 5th minute. Tudor Bodea took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Talha Çağan. Talha Çağan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tudor Bodea in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Talha Çağan saved Fear Of The Dark from getting behind. Talha Çağan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tudor Bodea in the 12th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, Tudor Bodea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Talha Çağan. Fear Of The Dark's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tudor Bodea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 18 minutes of play, Unicorns ™'s Rareș Papadima made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Talha Çağan was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 21st play minutes Tudor Bodea shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Talha Çağan and just under the crossbar into goal. Calistrat Mihalcea hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Denis Negruț hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. After 35 played minutes, Fear Of The Dark's Rıfkı Özgunes shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Corneliu Vulpăşin came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Fear Of The Dark reached it. Tudor Bodea scored 0-5 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Talha Çağan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Fear Of The Dark getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Rıfkı Özgunes hit a great ball. 40 minutes into the match, Fear Of The Dark's goal looked a bit too open when Tudor Bodea came free, but Talha Çağan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Corneliu Vulpăşin made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Enes Uğursay sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Rareș Papadima put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Talha Çağan.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tudor Bodea was the one to do the kick off. Petrică Ţirpescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Talha Çağan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tudor Bodea blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Talha Çağan having to make a save. 63 minutes into the match, Rareș Papadima dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Talha Çağan, 0-8. After some careless play in the Fear Of The Dark defense, Petrică Ţirpescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Talha Çağan. The Fear Of The Dark fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Talha Çağan should have stopped the shot. Enes Uğursay's late challenge caught a Unicorns ™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enes Uğursay helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Fear Of The Dark getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Enes Uğursay hit a great ball. 80 minutes into the game, Calistrat Mihalcea was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Unicorns ™'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Fear Of The Dark the free kick. After 80 played minutes Unicorns ™ got a freekick which was hit by Calistrat Mihalcea. Unicorns ™'s Corneliu Vulpăşin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eşref Berksu in the 87th minute of play. After 89 minutes, Aurel Huștiu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Unicorns ™ and the Fear Of The Dark players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Unicorns ™ getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Aurel Huștiu hit a great ball. 90 minutes into the match, Unicorns ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Enes Uğursay came free, but Corneliu Vulpăşin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Unicorns ™'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.