U21 World League

Ali Sami Yen TTArena
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Koen Van Hecke made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Koen Van Hecke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Armand Owerckx's late challenge caught a F.C. KASABALI 45's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Armand Owerckx helped the player get up and apologised. Berker Özdoruk hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. In the 10th match minute, F.C. KASABALI 45 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haşmet Aktekin to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Koen Van Hecke's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ali Behzat Kutberk was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Koen Van Hecke in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ali Behzat Kutberk saved F.C. KASABALI 45 from getting behind. 15 minutes into the match, F.C. KASABALI 45's goal looked a bit too open when Koen Van Hecke came free, but Ali Behzat Kutberk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ali Behzat Kutberk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Koen Van Hecke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, FC Ouagadougou National's Henri Sanders got a free kick in the 23rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jacobus Sommers during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 44th match minute, FC Ouagadougou National was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacobus Sommers to maneuver through the defense. After 46 played minutes FC Ouagadougou National got a freekick which was hit by Karl Roeckeloos. In the 47th match minute, F.C. KASABALI 45 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mehmet Bedri Afacan to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Ali Behzat Kutberk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koen Van Hecke in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emrah Okaner in the 59th minute of play forced FC Ouagadougou National's goalkeeper Ferdinand Geeraerts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emrah Okaner fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ferdinand Geeraerts having to interfere. After 67 minutes, Karl Roeckeloos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Ouagadougou National and the F.C. KASABALI 45 players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC Ouagadougou National getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Karl Roeckeloos hit a great ball. In the 68th match minute, FC Ouagadougou National was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henri-Xavier Van Langhendonck to maneuver through the defense. Çeliker Demiroğlu made in the 80th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Selmi Beybolat. The throw-in from Karl Roeckeloos in the 85th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by F.C. KASABALI 45's Berker Özdoruk. In the 86th minute, Henri Sanders hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emrah Okaner recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emrah Okaner in the 90th minute of play forced FC Ouagadougou National's goalkeeper Ferdinand Geeraerts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 93 minutes of play, FC Ouagadougou National's Koen Van Hecke made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ali Behzat Kutberk was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee ended the match the F.C. KASABALI 45 players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.