U21 World League

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Spectators: 8012 (Terracing: 6011, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) JS 22's Robert Steffens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferhat Kaya in the 5th minute of play. Nepomuk Stradt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Co Gøte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. JS 22's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Maximiliano Hustaz in the 13th minute. The corner ended in Saverio Sindo almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Büyükçekmece FC.'s Nepomuk Stradt did a great save. In the 16th match minute, JS 22 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santos Iago to maneuver through the defense. Robert Steffens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hakan Kaya in the 17th minute of the match. Hakan Kaya might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Robert Steffens. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hakan Kaya ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Everardo Palban in the 22nd minute of play forced Büyükçekmece FC.'s goalkeeper Nepomuk Stradt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Everardo Palban kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nepomuk Stradt. That made the score 1-0 in the 24 minute of play. In the 28th minute Ferhat Kaya shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Steffens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Hakan Kaya had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Robert Steffens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hakan Kaya in the 37th minute of play. Esen Baysungur hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Co Gøte in the 39th minute of play forced Büyükçekmece FC.'s goalkeeper Nepomuk Stradt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Everardo Palban could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Nepomuk Stradt made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Saverio Sindo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nepomuk Stradt. That made the score 2-0 in the 45 minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hakan Kaya was the one to do the kick off. Büyükçekmece FC.'s Nepomuk Stradt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Saverio Sindo in the 56th minute of play. After 62 played minutes Büyükçekmece FC. got a freekick which was hit by Ertaç Kalagay. Nepomuk Stradt stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Co Gøte's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ferhat Kaya got free with Robert Steffens in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Robert Steffens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hakan Kaya in the 69th minute of the match. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind JS 22's goalkeeper Robert Steffens, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ferhat Kaya in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Robert Steffens prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 77th minute of the game. One of Büyükçekmece FC.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of JS 22:s goal. In the 80th minute JS 22 were awarded a corner. Maximiliano Hustaz went to the cornerflag to take it. Saverio Sindo was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. With a little luck, JS 22's Robert Steffens got control of the ball when Ferhat Kaya tried to sneak it across the goal line. Büyükçekmece FC.'s Hakan Kaya got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Robert Steffens didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ferhat Kaya went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. 90 minutes into the match, Ferhat Kaya had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Robert Steffens. JS 22's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ferhat Kaya was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. In the 93rd minute, Ertaç Kalagay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th minute Cayetano Gonsalve shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nepomuk Stradt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Büyükçekmece FC.'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.