U23 World League

EAGLE ARENA
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Hamdullah Kaplan made the kick off and thus started the match. ErbaA KartaLı's Frank Fiori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save ErbaA KartaLı from getting a goal against them. Frank Fiori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patric Bierhoff in the 8th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 9 minutes, Frank Fiori successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Frank Fiori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Latif Şakir, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 17th minute Tahsin Çalımbay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hatemi Cire saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hatemi Cire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hamdullah Kaplan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 19 minutes into the game, Tahsin Çalımbay was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ErbaA KartaLı's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave istanbulls the free kick. After 19 played minutes ErbaA KartaLı got a freekick which was hit by Tahsin Çalımbay. Hazım Hastimur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hatemi Cire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hamdullah Kaplan in the 27th minute of play. When istanbulls's Patric Bierhoff in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ErbaA KartaLı's goalie prevented a goal. In the 32nd minute Patric Bierhoff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Fiori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32ndth minute of the game Patric Bierhoff who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ErbaA KartaLı's Frank Fiori was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hamdullah Kaplan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaan Erginsoy in the 41st minute of play forced ErbaA KartaLı's goalkeeper Frank Fiori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ErbaA KartaLı's Frank Fiori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Latif Şakir in the 44th minute of play. The supporters of istanbulls booed when ErbaA KartaLı was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Suat Uygun didn't get a good kick on the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Patric Bierhoff to make the kick off. In the 52ndth minute of the game Patric Bierhoff who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ErbaA KartaLı's Frank Fiori was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 61 minutes, Mustafa Emrah Sedat mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the istanbulls and the ErbaA KartaLı players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of ErbaA KartaLı booed when istanbulls was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mustafa Emrah Sedat didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haydar Özdinç in the 63rd minute of play forced ErbaA KartaLı's goalkeeper Frank Fiori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 65 minutes, Mehmet Alpman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ErbaA KartaLı and the istanbulls players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of istanbulls booed when ErbaA KartaLı was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mehmet Alpman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frank Fiori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patric Bierhoff, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hatemi Cire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hamdullah Kaplan in the 69th minute of the match. Frank Fiori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patric Bierhoff in the 71st minute of the match. A collision led to istanbulls getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Mustafa Emrah Sedat hit a great ball. In the 78th match minute, istanbulls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Baki Uzsoy to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, istanbulls's Ertuğrul Hisarcık got a free kick in the 79th minute. Hamdullah Kaplan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Hatemi Cire made a huge save. Frank Fiori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmet Baki Uzsoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Ahmet Baki Uzsoy managed to get in a good position for a shot. istanbulls's supporters rose to their feet, but Ahmet Baki Uzsoy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Frank Fiori breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 84 played minutes ErbaA KartaLı got a freekick which was hit by Ilgaz Azimoğlu. Frank Fiori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patric Bierhoff in the 85th minute of the match. Frank Fiori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaan Erginsoy, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 88 minutes into the game, Hazım Hastimur was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. istanbulls's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ErbaA KartaLı the free kick. After some careless play in the ErbaA KartaLı defense, Latif Şakir kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Frank Fiori. The ErbaA KartaLı fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Frank Fiori should have stopped the shot. If Hazım Hastimur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Frank Fiori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Latif Şakir in the 95th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the istanbulls players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.