U23 World League

Marcelo A. Bielsa
Spectators: 7462 (Terracing: 5597, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Orçun Baloğlu made the kick off which started today's match. 2 minutes into the match, DULCKA KIELCE's goal looked a bit too open when Orçun Baloğlu came free, but Xavier Dziekanowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Orçun Baloğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Xavier Dziekanowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. DULCKA KIELCE's Adrian Dalmau got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Newells Old Boys's Mehmet Şefik Balcan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Godinho in the 14th minute of play. Orçun Baloğlu's late challenge caught a DULCKA KIELCE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Orçun Baloğlu helped the player get up and apologised. After 17 played minutes Newells Old Boys got a freekick which was hit by Orçun Baloğlu. Orçun Baloğlu did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Xavier Dziekanowski 20 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Dalmau in the 25th 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. Mehmet Şefik Balcan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Dalmau, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to DULCKA KIELCE getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Bartosz Ciechocki hit a great ball. Mevlüt Zeyrek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xavier Dziekanowski having to interfere. Orçun Baloğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Xavier Dziekanowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bahadırhan Akdoğu hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Marcus Godinho took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mehmet Şefik Balcan. Mehmet Şefik Balcan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adrian Dalmau was the one to do the kick off. Xavier Dziekanowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mevlüt Zeyrek in the 52nd minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Adrian Dalmau had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mehmet Şefik Balcan. Newells Old Boys's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adrian Dalmau was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After a rather tough play, DULCKA KIELCE's Bartosz Ciechocki got a free kick in the 58th minute. In the 61stth minute of the game Orçun Baloğlu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but DULCKA KIELCE's Xavier Dziekanowski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mehmet Şefik Balcan was out of position in the 73 minute of play, and Olgierd Debowski capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Olgierd Debowski really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. If Marcus Godinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Xavier Dziekanowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mevlüt Zeyrek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Çetin Elçibey's late challenge caught a DULCKA KIELCE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Çetin Elçibey helped the player get up and apologised. In the 80th minute, Çetin Elçibey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Newells Old Boys's goalkeeper Mehmet Şefik Balcan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Orçun Baloğlu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 88 minutes into the match, DULCKA KIELCE's goal looked a bit too open when Mevlüt Zeyrek came free, but Xavier Dziekanowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 93 minutes into the match, DULCKA KIELCE's goal looked a bit too open when Orçun Baloğlu came free, but Xavier Dziekanowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 95th minute Mevlüt Zeyrek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xavier Dziekanowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to DULCKA KIELCE getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Stefan Psotka hit a great ball.