U23 World League

De Ballenbak
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Huib van der Gun got the match started through his kick off. Oğuzhan Özguven charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Oğuzhan Özguven the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th minute, Oğuzhan Özguven hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mehmet Arif Serir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Huib van der Gun in the 7th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the match, Üzeyir Durcan notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of NFC Eagles 22's Robert-Jan Hermensen. Robert-Jan Hermensen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Müfit Berat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Robert-Jan Hermensen having to interfere. The supporters of NFC Eagles 22 booed when SOFiNiN KEDiSi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ali Asım Şensal didn't get a good kick on the ball. NFC Eagles 22's Robert-Jan Hermensen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lütfü Tanbolat in the 35th minute of play. Freek Saarloos hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Robert-Jan Hermensen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Üzeyir Durcan, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The supporters of SOFiNiN KEDiSi booed when NFC Eagles 22 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jan Tulner didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Namık Kemal Kutlay stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Robert-Jan Hermensen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lütfü Tanbolat in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 58th minute Huib van der Gun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehmet Arif Serir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of NFC Eagles 22 booed when SOFiNiN KEDiSi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ali Asım Şensal didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to SOFiNiN KEDiSi getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Orkun Cevar hit a great ball. 79 minutes into the match, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's goal looked a bit too open when Huib van der Gun came free, but Mehmet Arif Serir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Handi Harri kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Müfit Berat took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 87th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Robert-Jan Hermensen. NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lütfü Tanbolat in the 96th minute of play forced NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Robert-Jan Hermensen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.