U21 World League

Marcelo A. Bielsa
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) Konrad Kilar made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 4th match minute, Newells Old Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Arif Kutlay to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 5 minutes, Tadeusz Smuskiewicz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. WIDZEW ŁÓDŹ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tadeusz Smuskiewicz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 12 minutes into the match, Newells Old Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Konrad Kilar came free, but Mehmet Şefik Balcan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mehmet Şefik Balcan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Konrad Kilar went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Mehmet Şefik Balcan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konrad Kilar in the 18th minute of the match. If Izydor Kopacz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mehmet Şefik Balcan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Izydor Kopacz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eugeniusz Charlos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alkın Gökekin in the 31st minute of the match. In the 38th minute Konrad Kilar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehmet Şefik Balcan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Orçun Baloğlu hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Oğuzalp Baştürk charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Oğuzalp Baştürk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Oğuzalp Baştürk kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Tadeusz Smuskiewicz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 45th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mehmet Şefik Balcan. Newells Old Boys's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Mehmet Şefik Balcan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Izydor Kopacz, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

In the 51st minute, Tadeusz Smuskiewicz made a precise shot to the right of Mehmet Şefik Balcan. Newells Old Boys's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 54th match minute, Newells Old Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kamil Geylani to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Newells Old Boys's Mehmet Şefik Balcan got control of the ball when Izydor Kopacz tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Kilar in the 57th minute of play forced Newells Old Boys's goalkeeper Mehmet Şefik Balcan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Konrad Kilar dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mehmet Şefik Balcan, 0-4. After a rather tough play, Newells Old Boys's Güney Tekinsoy got a free kick in the 60th minute. Izydor Kopacz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mehmet Şefik Balcan having to interfere. Zikri Temizcan hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Mehmet Şefik Balcan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konrad Kilar in the 67th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Kilar in the 86th minute of play forced Newells Old Boys's goalkeeper Mehmet Şefik Balcan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of WIDZEW ŁÓDŹ booed when Newells Old Boys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Buğra İlkut didn't get a good kick on the ball. 91 minutes into the game, Tadeusz Smuskiewicz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Mehmet Şefik Balcan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 94 minutes into the game, WIDZEW ŁÓDŹ's Waclaw Limanowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mehmet Şefik Balcan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. When the match was over WIDZEW ŁÓDŹ could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Newells Old Boys throughout the match.