U23 World League

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Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Esat Demirağ made the kick off which started today's match. Gökay Beşer hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Hürkan Zevahir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aaron Kvist in the 4th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aaron Kvist in the 9th minute of play forced ＡＳＹＡ's goalkeeper Hürkan Zevahir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th match minute, ＡＳＹＡ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Murat Selim Cangiray to maneuver through the defense. Hürkan Zevahir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kennet Bergqvist in the 11th minute of the match. Hürkan Zevahir showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lennart Grubb, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. ＡＳＹＡ's Hürkan Zevahir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gary McAlister in the 18th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, ＡＳＹＡ's goal looked a bit too open when Aaron Kvist came free, but Hürkan Zevahir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Esat Demirağ received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Elliott Levander tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 23 minutes, Mikael Larsfelt mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Leeds United FC and the ＡＳＹＡ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Leeds United FC's Mikael Larsfelt got a free kick in the 23rd minute. ＡＳＹＡ's Gökay Beşer shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 24th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Elliott Levander but with some difficulty. Elliott Levander made an important save on a dangerous shot by Özden Mirza in the 25th minute. In the 27th match minute, ＡＳＹＡ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hayyam Demren to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Esat Demirağ in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Elliott Levander saved Leeds United FC from getting behind. The supporters of ＡＳＹＡ booed when Leeds United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lennart Grubb didn't get a good kick on the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Leeds United FC's goalkeeper Elliott Levander had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Özden Mirza. Leeds United FC's Elliott Levander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gökay Beşer in the 39th minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aaron Kvist made a kick off. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Aaron Kvist took a quick shot and it went in 0-1 without a chance for Hürkan Zevahir to make any attempt to save it. Özden Mirza charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Özden Mirza the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Özden Mirza kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Leeds United FC's Hürkan Zevahir threw himself towards the right post 58 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Aaron Kvist, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. ＡＳＹＡ's Hürkan Zevahir proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save ＡＳＹＡ from getting a goal against them. Aaron Kvist who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 65thth minute tested the skills of Hürkan Zevahir when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Hürkan Zevahir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aaron Kvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hürkan Zevahir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lennart Grubb in the 72nd minute of the match. 74 minutes into the match, Leeds United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Özden Mirza came free, but Elliott Levander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elliott Levander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Özden Mirza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leeds United FC's Elliott Levander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Özden Mirza in the 77th minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, Özden Mirza notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Leeds United FC's Elliott Levander. Elliott Levander was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 82 minutes into the match, ＡＳＹＡ's goalkeeper Hürkan Zevahir had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink. Aaron Kvist recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Leeds United FC's Aaron Kvist slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hürkan Zevahir. That made the score 1-2 after 92 minutes of play. When the match was over Leeds United FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ＡＳＹＡ throughout the match.