U18 World League

RF Stadyum
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rami Lehto got the match started through his kick off. Iisakki Niinimaa struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Nurkan Perkel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Palloketut. 6 minutes into the game, Rikhard Hyökyvaara was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Palloketut's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dejavu the free kick. The supporters of Dejavu booed when Palloketut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rikhard Hyökyvaara didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ulu Okaner blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jari Lehtinen having to make a save. Selman Uygunel's late challenge caught a Palloketut's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Selman Uygunel helped the player get up and apologised. In the 12th minute, Selman Uygunel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Eevert Hati's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nurkan Perkel was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eevert Hati in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nurkan Perkel saved Dejavu from getting behind. Nurkan Perkel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aku Welling, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. The audience was convinced that Rami Lehto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nurkan Perkel was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Palloketut were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Dejavu's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Topi Porokara took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Aku Welling managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Nurkan Perkel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rami Lehto in the 23rd minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Aku Welling left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Palloketut fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Aku Welling sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Balaban Gence hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. After 39 played minutes Dejavu got a freekick which was hit by Kutlualp Yüksel. 42 minutes into the match, Ulu Okaner notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Palloketut's Jari Lehtinen. Jari Lehtinen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The Dejavu players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Palloketut were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Müslüm İltemur to make the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, Dejavu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kutlualp Yüksel to maneuver through the defense. Ulu Okaner's late challenge caught a Palloketut's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ulu Okaner helped the player get up and apologised. In the 55th minute, Ulu Okaner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nurkan Perkel made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Eevert Hati sent off a good shot on target. Iisakki Niinimaa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 64 played minutes Dejavu got a freekick which was hit by Müslüm İltemur. Nurkan Perkel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rami Lehto, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 70th match minute, Dejavu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulu Okaner to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Rami Lehto put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Nurkan Perkel. Dejavu's Nurkan Perkel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alpi Askolin in the 74th minute of play. Aku Welling received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nurkan Perkel came out and tried to block the shot, but Aku Welling slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 80th minute. With a little luck, Dejavu's Nurkan Perkel got control of the ball when Rami Lehto tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Aku Welling kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nurkan Perkel. That made the score 1-5 in the 91 minute of play. Palloketut played a much better game than Dejavu and deserved their victory. The Dejavu players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.