U18 World League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 7738 (Terracing: 5805, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Güray Arıkhan made the kick off which started today's match. Güray Arıkhan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Serge Koryan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Khachatryan booed when SaHNoYaN HuN TüRK•iCON was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Asım Erseven didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Jasper Small had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 12 minutes, Bircan Turgay mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SaHNoYaN HuN TüRK•iCON and the Khachatryan players grew even worse after the yellow card. Bircan Turgay hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. A collision led to SaHNoYaN HuN TüRK•iCON getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Refik Özgeer hit a great ball. Caner İlter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jed Strickland, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. 15 minutes into the match, SaHNoYaN HuN TüRK•iCON's goalkeeper Caner İlter had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jasper Small. Khachatryan's Serge Koryan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bircan Turgay in the 19th minute of play. Refik Özgeer was shown his second yellow card after 24 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Khachatryan made a substitution. Del Cleveland replaced Jed Strickland. In the 26th minute, Refik Özgeer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to SaHNoYaN HuN TüRK•iCON getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Sefa Suay hit a great ball. Güray Arıkhan scored 0-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Serge Koryan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Metehan Perkin took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 37th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Serge Koryan. Khachatryan's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 45th minute Güray Arıkhan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serge Koryan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Del Cleveland made a kick off. Birant Makul blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Serge Koryan having to make a save. After a rather tough play, Khachatryan's Terrance Norris got a free kick in the 57th minute. 58 minutes into the match, SaHNoYaN HuN TüRK•iCON's Sefa Suay broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Alistair Leslie hit a great ball. Caner İlter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monte Porter in the 76th minute of the match. When Asım Erseven fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SaHNoYaN HuN TüRK•iCON's protests and gave Asım Erseven a yellow card for diving instead. Asım Erseven hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Jefferson Trujillo kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Birant Makul fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Serge Koryan having to interfere. Bircan Turgay hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. SaHNoYaN HuN TüRK•iCON had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.