U21 World League

Çumra Arena
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Albert Panaitoiu got the match started through his kick off. Victor Răcănel struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Vahap Tezcan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for RED BLUE STAR. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gaffar Özer got free with Damian Tender in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Gürsel Çelenkoğlu hit a great ball. If Songur Karataş had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Damian Tender made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yetkiner Savtur in the 18th minute. Narcis Voiculescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Vahap Tezcan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yetkiner Savtur's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 29thth minute, Damian Tender skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Vahap Tezcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albert Panaitoiu in the 30th minute of play. A collision led to ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Erdoğan Sadi hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute of the match Victor Răcănel shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vahap Tezcan showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Vahap Tezcan came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by RED BLUE STAR's Victor Răcănel. But to his dismay, Victor Răcănel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Damian Tender made an important save on a dangerous shot by Songur Karataş in the 36th minute. A collision led to ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Cihan Geylani hit a great ball. With a little luck, RED BLUE STAR's Damian Tender got control of the ball when Songur Karataş tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Daniel Arapașu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's Cihan Geylani got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 44th match minute, RED BLUE STAR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vlad Ştirbu to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ahmet Hayri Seylab during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 58th match minute, ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Hayri Seylab to maneuver through the defense. RED BLUE STAR's Damian Tender played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erdoğan Sadi in the 60th minute of play. The supporters of ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü booed when RED BLUE STAR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vlad Ştirbu didn't get a good kick on the ball. İlyas Başarman's late challenge caught a RED BLUE STAR's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. İlyas Başarman helped the player get up and apologised. After 64 played minutes ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü got a freekick which was hit by İlyas Başarman. After 67 played minutes RED BLUE STAR got a freekick which was hit by Albert Panaitoiu. Gürsel Çelenkoğlu hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 70th minute, Victor Răcănel fired a really elegant long shot, but Vahap Tezcan threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. Grigore Buzgar's late challenge caught a ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Grigore Buzgar helped the player get up and apologised. In the 71st minute, Grigore Buzgar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 74 minutes, Gabriel Manciulea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RED BLUE STAR and the ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, RED BLUE STAR's Vintilă Ilie got a free kick in the 75th minute. The audience held their breath when Gürsel Çelenkoğlu in the 76th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Damian Tender's left hand side. RED BLUE STAR:s Damian Tender showed great skill when he stopped Gürsel Çelenkoğlu:s penalty. 81 minutes into the match, RED BLUE STAR's goal looked a bit too open when Yetkiner Savtur came free, but Damian Tender reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cihan Geylani took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Damian Tender. Damian Tender dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. In the 86th match minute, RED BLUE STAR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Manciulea to maneuver through the defense. ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's attack was well implemented in the 87th minute, but when Yetkiner Savtur was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. After 89 minutes of play, ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's Cihan Geylani made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Damian Tender was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in RED BLUE STAR's zone, Yetkiner Savtur stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Damian Tender came out of the goal and Yetkiner Savtur tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ÇATALHÖYÜK Gençlik Klübü's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.