U23 World League

FC MANLE ARENA
Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Björn Lövskog got the match started through his kick off. FC MANLE's Uğuralp Melik got a good chance for a goal in the 2nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 4 minutes into the match, Uğuralp Melik dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Pål Håkansson, 1-0. After 6 played minutes Hockeysnubbarnas BK got a freekick which was hit by Björn Lövskog. In the 7th minute, Hockeysnubbarnas BK's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Volkan Ubeydullah fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 9 played minutes Uğuralp Melik rounded Hockeysnubbarnas BK's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. Hamit Aynacıoğlu kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. After 17 minutes of play, Hockeysnubbarnas BK's Björn Lövskog made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ahmet Davut Keskin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pål Håkansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Uğuralp Melik in the 21st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Uğuralp Melik kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pål Håkansson. That made the score 3-1 in the 25 minute of play. In the 28thth minute of the game Björn Lövskog who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC MANLE's Ahmet Davut Keskin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. FC MANLE's Sarp Cangun managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Isac Alström in the 34 minute of the game. In the 38th minute, Uğuralp Melik reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pål Håkansson. The goal made the score 4-1. Pål Håkansson was out of position in the 44 minute of play, and Uğuralp Melik capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Uğuralp Melik really showed his touch with that goal: 5-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Uğuralp Melik to make the kick off. Sarp Cangun scored 6-1 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pål Håkansson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Hockeysnubbarnas BK booed when FC MANLE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hamit Aynacıoğlu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ahmet Davut Keskin was a little too slow when Björn Lövskog got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 57th minute. The score was now 6-2. After some careless play in the FC MANLE defense, Ingmar Myr kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ahmet Davut Keskin. The FC MANLE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ahmet Davut Keskin should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Frank Jakobsson during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 70th minute, Frank Jakobsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamit Aynacıoğlu in the 76th minute of play forced Hockeysnubbarnas BK's goalkeeper Pål Håkansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Uğuralp Melik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 79 minutes into the match, Hamit Aynacıoğlu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pål Håkansson. Hockeysnubbarnas BK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hamit Aynacıoğlu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-3. Pål Håkansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Uğuralp Melik in the 82nd minute of the match. The supporters of FC MANLE booed when Hockeysnubbarnas BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Morgan Haraldsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 94th minute Nusrettin Uzay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pål Håkansson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pål Håkansson came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by FC MANLE's Uğuralp Melik. But to his dismay, Uğuralp Melik quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-3. There was no doubt that FC MANLE were the better team. FC MANLE's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.