U23 World League

Ali Sami Yen Sokak
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Faustin Ostermann got the match started through his kick off. Nando Muslera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Faustin Ostermann in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute, Wiktor Basinski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 18 played minutes ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ got a freekick which was hit by Gürel Özgenalp. Devlet Ulağ kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faustin Ostermann in the 29th minute of play forced VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's goalkeeper Nando Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s Bilgehan Yürüker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Devlet Ulağ in the 30th minute of play. After having played for 36 minutes, Devlet Ulağ managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's supporters crossed their fingers, but Devlet Ulağ was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bilgehan Yürüker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Devlet Ulağ in the 40th minute of the match. After 40 played minutes ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ got a freekick which was hit by Doğa Gazzal. When Devlet Ulağ came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Devlet Ulağ couldn't finish the play. Nando Muslera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doğa Gazzal, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Desiderio Dolfo charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Desiderio Dolfo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 46th match minute, ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Desiderio Dolfo to maneuver through the defense. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Wiktor Basinski was the one to do the kick off. Hacı Turgut's late challenge caught a VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hacı Turgut helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's Çağan Demirman got a free kick in the 52nd minute. After a rather tough play, VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's Yalçın Yalınç got a free kick in the 54th minute. Sermet Ulualp might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nando Muslera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sermet Ulualp ran back to his position shaking his head. After 63 minutes of play, VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's Devlet Ulağ made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bilgehan Yürüker was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s goalkeeper Bilgehan Yürüker, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Bilgehan Yürüker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iwan Wykowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL booed when ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gürel Özgenalp didn't get a good kick on the ball. İlyas Ustam kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. If Devlet Ulağ had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Sungurhan Akşin hit a great ball. Çağan Demirman charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Çağan Demirman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 77 played minutes VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL got a freekick which was hit by Çağan Demirman. After some careless play in the VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL defense, Arman İlsev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nando Muslera. The VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nando Muslera should have stopped the shot. ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s Faustin Ostermann got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 86 minutes into the match, Wiktor Basinski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bilgehan Yürüker. ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wiktor Basinski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Çağan Demirman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bilgehan Yürüker having to interfere. Gürel Özgenalp's late challenge caught a VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gürel Özgenalp helped the player get up and apologised. Gürel Özgenalp kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. After 92 played minutes ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ got a freekick which was hit by İlyas Ustam. 95 minutes into the game, Doğa Gazzal was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL the free kick. When the match was over VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ throughout the match.