U23 World League

FC MANLE ARENA
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fredrik Bennet kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Fredrik Bennet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Volkan Ubeydullah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Roger Klemensson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, FC MANLE's Nusrettin Uzay got a free kick in the 8th minute. After 11 played minutes FC MANLE got a freekick which was hit by Volkan Ubeydullah. 14 minutes into the game, Jan-Åke Johansson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Samurai's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC MANLE the free kick. The supporters of FC MANLE booed when Samurai was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jan-Åke Johansson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Volkan Ubeydullah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of FC MANLE booed when Samurai was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joakim Dahlberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Samurai getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Henry Åkerström hit a great ball. 20 minutes into the game, Elof Bergfelt was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Samurai's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC MANLE the free kick. The supporters of FC MANLE booed when Samurai was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elof Bergfelt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nusrettin Uzay has a good long shot, which he once again showed in the 20th minute of the match. Unfortunately the ball hit the outside of the left post. Yüce Tuna's late challenge caught a Samurai's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yüce Tuna helped the player get up and apologised. In the 30th match minute, FC MANLE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yüce Tuna to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of FC MANLE booed when Samurai was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Göran Ambjörnsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Elof Bergfelt was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 37 minutes had been played. Elof Bergfelt hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Nusrettin Uzay might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roger Klemensson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nusrettin Uzay ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in FC MANLE's zone, Henry Åkerström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Halil İbrahim Tanuğur came out of the goal and Henry Åkerström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bo Svanström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Volkan Ubeydullah was the one to do the kick off. Per-Oskar Andberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Halil İbrahim Tanuğur having to interfere. The supporters of Samurai booed when FC MANLE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Balamir Onuktekin didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to FC MANLE getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Balamir Onuktekin hit a great ball. Bo Svanström took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 57th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Halil İbrahim Tanuğur. FC MANLE's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 61 played minutes Samurai got a freekick which was hit by Jan-Åke Johansson. In the 66th minute, Fredrik Bennet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roger Klemensson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Volkan Ubeydullah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Per-Oskar Andberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Samurai players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented FC MANLE from taking control. The game ends in a draw.