U23 World League

Kedi
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) A collision led to REAL SUOMI CF getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Johannes Sörman hit a great ball. Marek Matela sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mehmet Arif Serir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aleksi Lindström in the 8th minute of play. 10 minutes into the game, Üzeyir Durcan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SOFiNiN KEDiSi's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave REAL SUOMI CF the free kick. A collision led to SOFiNiN KEDiSi getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Üzeyir Durcan hit a great ball. If Lütfü Tanbolat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Johannes Sörman hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. When Üzeyir Durcan came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the SOFiNiN KEDiSi 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 Üzeyir Durcan couldn't finish the play. After 22 minutes of play, REAL SUOMI CF's Aleksi Lindström made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mehmet Arif Serir was left in no man's land by his defense there! With an all-out effort, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's Tobias Sandberg threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Justo Lesardo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 32 played minutes REAL SUOMI CF got a freekick which was hit by Bengt-Rune Nilsson. Justo Lesardo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mehmet Arif Serir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aleksi Lindström in the 40th minute of play. Lütfü Tanbolat hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 47th minute, Lütfü Tanbolat reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tobias Sandberg. The goal made the score 2-2. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aleksi Lindström to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's Lütfü Tanbolat got a free kick in the 54th minute. Rafet Karaoğlan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Tobias Sandberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's Lütfü Tanbolat got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Marek Matela recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aleksi Lindström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mehmet Arif Serir having to interfere. If Aleksi Lindström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aleksi Lindström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Justo Lesardo managed to get in a good position for a shot. SOFiNiN KEDiSi's supporters rose to their feet, but Justo Lesardo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tobias Sandberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mehmet Arif Serir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksi Lindström in the 88th minute of the match. 92 minutes into the match, REAL SUOMI CF's goal looked a bit too open when Lütfü Tanbolat came free, but Tobias Sandberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tobias Sandberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lütfü Tanbolat, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Tobias Sandberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Justo Lesardo in the 96th minute of play. The REAL SUOMI CF supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing REAL SUOMI CF would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.