U23 World League

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hamdullah Kaplan made the kick off which started today's match. After 8 minutes, Tahsin Çalımbay mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ErbaA KartaLı and the Red Bull Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tahsin Çalımbay hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Edrin Hajdaraga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hamdullah Kaplan in the 11th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hamdullah Kaplan in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edrin Hajdaraga prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bojan Daev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Angel Lazarevski fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Red Bull Club's protests and gave Angel Lazarevski a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of ErbaA KartaLı booed when Red Bull Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angel Lazarevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edrin Hajdaraga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hamdullah Kaplan, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 26th minute, Siljan Lumani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rajko Jasari charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rajko Jasari the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rajko Jasari kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Tahsin Çalımbay had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edrin Hajdaraga. Red Bull Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tahsin Çalımbay was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Tahsin Çalımbay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Edrin Hajdaraga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 35 minutes, Hamdullah Kaplan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ErbaA KartaLı's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hamdullah Kaplan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Edrin Hajdaraga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hamdullah Kaplan in the 39th minute of play. 41 minutes in the game Lirim Atanasovski did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Nace Bardhi. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When Red Bull Club's Atanas Živkov in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ErbaA KartaLı's goalie prevented a goal. The throw-in from Lirim Atanasovski in the 53rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ErbaA KartaLı's Kayhan Sacid. Nace Bardhi kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. In the 56th minute Siljan Lumani 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. Atanas Živkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Frank Fiori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ahmet Hafiz Periz during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Red Bull Club booed when ErbaA KartaLı was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmet Hafiz Periz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind ErbaA KartaLı's goalkeeper Frank Fiori, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lirim Atanasovski made in the 75th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Atanas Živkov however managed to control. Hamdullah Kaplan did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-3 to the left of a surprised Edrin Hajdaraga 86 minutes into the match. Frank Fiori stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Atanas Živkov's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. Although Red Bull Club had been in control for most of the match, ErbaA KartaLı still came away with the win.