U18 World League

Estadio El Coloso
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) El Stradivarius's Ramon Urbez started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of El Stradivarius booed when F.C BEŞİKTAŞ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zühtü Turatekin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 28 played minutes El Stradivarius got a freekick which was hit by Tobias Cordearo. Alejandro Mikolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arif Egemen Hürmetli in the 30th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, El Stradivarius's goal looked a bit too open when Sezer Cabir came free, but Alejandro Mikolas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sarp Doğan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alejandro Mikolas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arif Egemen Hürmetli went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Ramon Urbez hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Saul Gagriel charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Saul Gagriel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of F.C BEŞİKTAŞ booed when El Stradivarius was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Saul Gagriel didn't get a good kick on the ball. The El Stradivarius players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. F.C BEŞİKTAŞ were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arif Egemen Hürmetli was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ahmet Emir Özgebay got free with Alejandro Mikolas in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 53rd match minute, El Stradivarius was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Horacio Gonsalve to maneuver through the defense. In the 58th minute Faustino Benvido shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fadıl Demirtekin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pablo Francesco hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. With a little luck, El Stradivarius's Alejandro Mikolas got control of the ball when Ahmet Emir Özgebay tried to sneak it across the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, Arif Egemen Hürmetli dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alejandro Mikolas, 0-3. 75 minutes into the match, El Stradivarius's goal looked a bit too open when Sarp Doğan came free, but Alejandro Mikolas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Ahmet Emir Özgebay kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alejandro Mikolas. That made the score 0-4 in the 77 minute of play. 84 minutes into the match, El Stradivarius's goal looked a bit too open when Arif Egemen Hürmetli came free, but Alejandro Mikolas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alejandro Mikolas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arif Egemen Hürmetli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd minute, Sezer Cabir reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alejandro Mikolas. The goal made the score 0-5. Alejandro Mikolas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ahmet Emir Özgebay in the 95th minute. F.C BEŞİKTAŞ played a much better game than El Stradivarius and deserved their victory. The El Stradivarius players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.