U23 World League

1453 F.S.M. STADI
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Su Čuk made the kick off which started today's match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Su Čuk got free with Furkan Gurbet in the 2nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Su Čuk blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Furkan Gurbet having to make a save. In the 4th minute of the match, Su Čuk tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Furkan Gurbet saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 7th minute, Su Čuk reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Furkan Gurbet. The goal made the score 1-0. After having played for 12 minutes, Su Čuk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Palestine - Beşikdüzü TS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Su Čuk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Furkan Gurbet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Su Čuk's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. 24 minutes into the match, Sarı kaya FK's goalkeeper Furkan Gurbet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Su Čuk. Furkan Gurbet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Su Čuk's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Ali Orhan Nurkan hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Su Čuk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 33 minutes into the match, Sarı kaya FK's goalkeeper Furkan Gurbet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Su Čuk. Bekir Çolakoğlu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bartlomiej Kwinto having to interfere. Furkan Gurbet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Su Čuk in the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Su Čuk in the 44th minute of play forced Sarı kaya FK's goalkeeper Furkan Gurbet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute of the match Palestine - Beşikdüzü TS got a corner. Sarı kaya FK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yağızhan Yurdaşen ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Generoso Veronica managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. When Ali Orhan Nurkan was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 47 minutes had been played. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bekir Çolakoğlu to make the kick off. Furkan Gurbet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Su Čuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The throw-in from Mustafa Necati Başok in the 62nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Palestine - Beşikdüzü TS's Iwan Zieba. After a rather tough play, Sarı kaya FK's Abraham Ford got a free kick in the 62nd minute. If Su Čuk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Sarı kaya FK booed when Palestine - Beşikdüzü TS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Su Čuk didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yağızhan Yurdaşen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yağızhan Yurdaşen kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Sarı kaya FK's Daryl Dixson shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 71st minute of play. The shot was stopped by Bartlomiej Kwinto but with some difficulty. The audience was convinced that Su Čuk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Furkan Gurbet was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Su Čuk in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Furkan Gurbet saved Sarı kaya FK from getting behind. Eljif Sultan hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. When Su Čuk came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Palestine - Beşikdüzü TS fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Su Čuk couldn't finish the play. Furkan Gurbet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Su Čuk in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Su Čuk in the 85th minute of play forced Sarı kaya FK's goalkeeper Furkan Gurbet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Furkan Gurbet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Su Čuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Su Čuk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Palestine - Beşikdüzü TS had played much better football throughout.