U18 World League

The Goat House
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Macit Zafer started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. MAN FC's Paolo Maura played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Necati Eripek in the 4th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Blue Mountain State's Haydar Erboy got a free kick in the 7th minute. Blue Mountain State's Yalçın Olgunay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norberto Hernando in the 9th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Norberto Hernando notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Blue Mountain State's Yalçın Olgunay. Yalçın Olgunay was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. MAN FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 16th minute, when Macit Zafer scored to the left of an out of position Paolo Maura, making the score, 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Necati Eripek kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Paolo Maura. That made the score 4-1 in the 25 minute of play. MAN FC's Paolo Maura proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save MAN FC from getting a goal against them. Paolo Maura took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Necati Eripek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd match minute, Blue Mountain State was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bülent Ekin to maneuver through the defense. Yalçın Olgunay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilberto Cordera, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Muhsin Taze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, MAN FC's Fausto Beltxe got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Norberto Hernando made the kick off in the second half. The referee felt a red card was in order, 57 minutes into the game, when Ömer Rıza Yankı put in a rough tackle. Gilberto Cordera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Macit Zafer in the 67th minute of play forced MAN FC's goalkeeper Paolo Maura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Angelo Beti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, MAN FC's Emanuel Monte got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Norberto Hernando sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Norberto Hernando's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yalçın Olgunay was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. 83 minutes into the match, MAN FC's goal looked a bit too open when Necati Eripek came free, but Paolo Maura reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gilberto Cordera fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yalçın Olgunay having to interfere. Elvio Casomiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yalçın Olgunay having to interfere. Norberto Hernando received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Yalçın Olgunay came out and tried to block the shot, but Norberto Hernando slotted it home off the left post making it 5-3 in the 90th minute. Blue Mountain State were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of MAN FC for a fine match.