World League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 7771 (Terracing: 5829, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) An unexpectedly hard shot by Göktuğ Tuğkun in the 3rd minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Jermaine Richmond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Özkan Özinan made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Merlin Castro sent off a good shot on target. After 8 minutes Khachatryan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gökçek Yağmurdereli who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Tor Ekström heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. A collision led to ☆Atar Yemez Spor Kulübü☆ getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Gökçek Yağmurdereli hit a great ball. 14 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goal looked a bit too open when Göktuğ Tuğkun came free, but Jermaine Richmond reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 15 minutes Khachatryan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gökçek Yağmurdereli who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on ☆Atar Yemez Spor Kulübü☆'s corner Gökçek Yağmurdereli fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jermaine Richmond quite easily take care of the ball. The supporters of ☆Atar Yemez Spor Kulübü☆ booed when Khachatryan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jon Yost didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Göktuğ Tuğkun in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jermaine Richmond saved Khachatryan from getting behind. The crowd rose to their feet as Khachatryan's Sung McKinley slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Özkan Özinan. That made the score 1-0 after 25 minutes of play. 28 minutes into the match, Göktuğ Tuğkun notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Khachatryan's Jermaine Richmond. Jermaine Richmond was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Göktuğ Tuğkun in the 33rd minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Jermaine Richmond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Göktuğ Tuğkun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jermaine Richmond. Khachatryan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Göktuğ Tuğkun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Jermaine Richmond came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by ☆Atar Yemez Spor Kulübü☆'s Göktuğ Tuğkun. But to his dismay, Göktuğ Tuğkun quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Valerian in the 44th minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Jermaine Richmond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the match, ☆Atar Yemez Spor Kulübü☆'s goalkeeper Özkan Özinan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sung McKinley. The Khachatryan players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ☆Atar Yemez Spor Kulübü☆ were winning 1-3.

The wind increased when Göktuğ Tuğkun made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Khachatryan's Bin Baresi got a free kick in the 51st minute. Göktuğ Tuğkun could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Jermaine Richmond made a huge save. In the 54th minute, Marquis Kenny hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A throw-in in the 57th minute of the game was made by Bin Baresi with Tigran Kirakosyan as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Özkan Özinan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sung McKinley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jermaine Richmond made an important save on a dangerous shot by Göktuğ Tuğkun in the 64th minute. Jermaine Richmond was out of position in the 67 minute of play, and Göktuğ Tuğkun capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Göktuğ Tuğkun really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. ☆Atar Yemez Spor Kulübü☆'s Hakan Kaya was substituted for Gökçek Yağmurdereli. With a little luck, Khachatryan's Jermaine Richmond got control of the ball when Göktuğ Tuğkun tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 72 played minutes Göktuğ Tuğkun rounded Khachatryan's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-5. Jermaine Richmond took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hızır Açıkgün, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes into the match, Sung McKinley notched a goal, 2-5, to the right of ☆Atar Yemez Spor Kulübü☆'s Özkan Özinan. Özkan Özinan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 83rd match minute, Khachatryan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hu Wei Shu to maneuver through the defense. 84 minutes into the match, ☆Atar Yemez Spor Kulübü☆'s Hızır Açıkgün sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jermaine Richmond narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Merlin Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ☆Atar Yemez Spor Kulübü☆'s supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.