U18 World League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 7469 (Terracing: 5603, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zacarias Herauso took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nihat Candar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zacarias Herauso in the 5th minute of play forced Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Bülent Şemsifer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Feliberto Bittor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nihat Candar in the 6th minute of play. Feliberto Bittor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nihat Candar in the 8th minute of the match. Eriberto Raymond charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eriberto Raymond the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Cabbar Özkan kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mithat Hirfanlı in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Feliberto Bittor saved La Zabaleta from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mithat Hirfanlı in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Feliberto Bittor prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 21 played minutes La Zabaleta got a freekick which was hit by Zacarias Herauso. In the 26thth minute of the game Artaç Ünsan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Zabaleta's Feliberto Bittor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. La Zabaleta's Eriberto Raymond got his second yellow card of the match in the 27th minute. The referee ordered Eriberto Raymond off the ground. Eriberto Raymond hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute Mithat Hirfanlı shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, Mithat Hirfanlı had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Feliberto Bittor. La Zabaleta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mithat Hirfanlı was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some careless play in the La Zabaleta defense, Nihat Candar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Feliberto Bittor. The La Zabaleta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Feliberto Bittor should have stopped the shot.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mithat Hirfanlı stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Feliberto Bittor stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mithat Hirfanlı's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. In the 56th minute, Zacarias Herauso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Mithat Hirfanlı's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Feliberto Bittor was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. In the 58th minute, Zacarias Herauso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Muhittin Ülkenur was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 60th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. La Zabaleta's Feliberto Bittor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mithat Hirfanlı in the 62nd minute of play. Feliberto Bittor was out of position in the 62 minute of play, and Mithat Hirfanlı capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Mithat Hirfanlı really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. Nihat Candar came free with the goalkeeper in the 71st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Feliberto Bittor could save by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Atahan Ahioğlu got free with Feliberto Bittor in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. La Zabaleta's Feliberto Bittor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save La Zabaleta from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mithat Hirfanlı in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Feliberto Bittor prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Feliberto Bittor was a little too slow when İlhami Özselen got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mithat Hirfanlı in the 84th minute of play forced La Zabaleta's goalkeeper Feliberto Bittor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Mithat Hirfanlı took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Feliberto Bittor to make any attempt to save it. In the 95th minute Mithat Hirfanlı shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.