U18 World League

The Betsy Stadium
Spectators: 7581 (Terracing: 5686, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 151) Rich Clough made the kick off and thus started the match. After 10 played minutes ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Fikret Niğdeli. 10 minutes into the match, ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s goal looked a bit too open when Jeff Weir came free, but Bilgehan Yürüker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Anıl Ozan Barbaros in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Paddy Shackleton prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Rich Clough's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bilgehan Yürüker was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Oliver Smith charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Oliver Smith the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Staffordshire Terrier FC's Oliver Smith got a free kick in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anıl Ozan Barbaros in the 20th minute of play forced Staffordshire Terrier FC's goalkeeper Paddy Shackleton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 25 minutes, Sammy Button mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Staffordshire Terrier FC and the ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 26th minute, Sertel Zaid hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Chris Harrison had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 34 minutes, Kılıçhan Öztunç mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ and the Staffordshire Terrier FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 34th match minute, ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kılıçhan Öztunç to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 36 minutes, Rich Clough managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Staffordshire Terrier FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rich Clough was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rich Clough fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bilgehan Yürüker having to interfere. In the 39th minute Rich Clough shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bilgehan Yürüker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In a very dangerous position, a player in ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 42nd minute. Penalty! 2-0 came in the 44th minute when Rich Clough all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Bilgehan Yürüker. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The wind increased when Anıl Ozan Barbaros made the kick off in the second half. Paddy Shackleton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anıl Ozan Barbaros in the 55th minute of the match. If Sertel Zaid had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Staffordshire Terrier FC made a substitution. Graham Long replaced Rich Clough. 62 minutes into the match, Graham Long 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 Graham Long was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. After a rather tough play, Staffordshire Terrier FC's Oliver Smith got a free kick in the 67th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 69th minute of the game. One of Staffordshire Terrier FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂:s goal. The referee gave ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ a penalty, 71 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Turan Ünek, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Staffordshire Terrier FC's Paddy Shackleton. 3-1. After 73rd play minutes Kılıçhan Öztunç shot 3-2, a short shot which went by Paddy Shackleton and just under the crossbar into goal. Anıl Ozan Barbaros might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Paddy Shackleton. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Anıl Ozan Barbaros ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Graham Long in the 80th minute of play forced ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s goalkeeper Bilgehan Yürüker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ahmet Fikret Niğdeli during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 85th minute, Ahmet Fikret Niğdeli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeff Weir was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 86th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Bilgehan Yürüker came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Staffordshire Terrier FC's Graham Long. But to his dismay, Graham Long quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. After a rather tough play, ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s Emre Özertem got a free kick in the 91st minute. Bilgehan Yürüker stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Graham Long's shot from short distance in the 97th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Staffordshire Terrier FC fully deserved thier win.