U18 World League

BLACK EAGLES
Spectators: 7988 (Terracing: 5992, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ant Cemre started the match with the kick off. Taha Bartu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Riswan Batubara went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Riswan Batubara charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Riswan Batubara the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Halit Mertkal recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 22nd match minute, Lucky Star was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bagong Tomagola to maneuver through the defense. Ant Cemre 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. After 26 played minutes KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS got a freekick which was hit by Halit Mertkal. Frits Darmawan took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 26th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Taha Bartu. KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ant Cemre in the 28th minute of play forced Lucky Star's goalkeeper Kamal Habib to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 30 minutes, Kamal Habib successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Erdoğan Koçak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sondang Gultom in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Taha Bartu saved KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS from getting behind. In the 35thth minute of the game Sondang Gultom who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's Taha Bartu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 37 minutes into the match, KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goal looked a bit too open when Sondang Gultom came free, but Taha Bartu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Lucky Star's Giring Suprianto in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalie prevented a goal. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Frits Darmawan was slow to take the kick. During this time Lucky Star's players had a chance to rest. Riswan Batubara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Taha Bartu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Riswan Batubara in the 44th minute of play forced KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goalkeeper Taha Bartu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Taha Bartu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Riswan Batubara in the 46th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Riswan Batubara stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lucky Star's Kamal Habib played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Halit Mertkal in the 50th minute of play. Cem Umuralp blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kamal Habib having to make a save. In the 62nd minute, Frits Darmawan fired a really elegant long shot, but Taha Bartu threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. The supporters of Lucky Star booed when KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Altay Şerhenk didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute, Halit Mertkal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 71 minutes into the match, Lucky Star's goal looked a bit too open when Mert Remzi came free, but Kamal Habib reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th match minute, KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erdoğan Koçak to maneuver through the defense. Kamal Habib took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cem Umuralp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cem Umuralp charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cem Umuralp the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Cem Umuralp hit a great ball. 92 minutes into the match, KaRaBaĞLaR !! - URAS's goal looked a bit too open when Sondang Gultom came free, but Taha Bartu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Lucky Star's Marzuki Muzakki got a free kick in the 94th minute. Lucky Star were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.