U23 World League

中国•北京•鸟巢
Spectators: 7635 (Terracing: 5727, Seating: 1756, VIP seats: 152) ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Marc Bouman started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to KOCAELİSPOR getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Emrullah Sezer hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Karadeniz Davutoğlu managed to get in a good position for a shot. KOCAELİSPOR's supporters rose to their feet, but Karadeniz Davutoğlu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eddy Luirink breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice moves Marc Bouman could shoot a difficult shot in the 16th minute, which Ali Atıf Mengüalp however easily saved by the left post. Ali Atıf Mengüalp made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marc Bouman in the 20th minute. With a little luck, KOCAELİSPOR's Ali Atıf Mengüalp got control of the ball when 姚杰永 tried to sneak it across the goal line. Wilfred Zaha hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute Marc Bouman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Atıf Mengüalp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute 苏皓强 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Atıf Mengüalp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ali Atıf Mengüalp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 苏皓强, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. After 33 minutes KOCAELİSPOR's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 姚杰永 who took care of the corner kick. After some careless play in the ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 defense, Karadeniz Davutoğlu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eddy Luirink. The ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eddy Luirink should have stopped the shot. Nafiz Yaltıray tried in the 45th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Ali Atıf Mengüalp a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Karadeniz Davutoğlu was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute 苏皓强 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Atıf Mengüalp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marc Bouman blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ali Atıf Mengüalp having to make a save. After 67 played minutes ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 got a freekick which was hit by 龙霖震. When 姚杰永 fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's protests and gave 姚杰永 a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. 姚杰永 hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 龙霖震 got a free kick in the 71st minute. Ali Atıf Mengüalp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 杨南弘, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by 苏皓强 in the 76th minute of play forced KOCAELİSPOR's goalkeeper Ali Atıf Mengüalp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. KOCAELİSPOR's Karadeniz Davutoğlu got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 82nd minute, Emrullah Sezer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ali Atıf Mengüalp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marc Bouman in the 88th minute of the match. In the 89th minute, Marc Bouman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. After 93 minutes, 龙霖震 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 and the KOCAELİSPOR players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 93rd minute, 龙霖震 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to KOCAELİSPOR getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Emrullah Sezer hit a great ball. 95 minutes into the match, KOCAELİSPOR's goal looked a bit too open when Marc Bouman came free, but Ali Atıf Mengüalp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 fully deserved thier win.