U23 World League

Achter de kazerne
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Baturalp Yenal started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Diederik Van Mechelen made a precise shot to the right of Tarık Okutman. BLUEMOON FK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Roni Van Hoyveldt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from İsmail Cem Balaman in the 7th minute of play. After a rather tough play, YR Mechelen's Arno Lauwers got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 13th minute Mehmet Fatih Sina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roni Van Hoyveldt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Miguel Van Mechelen fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored YR Mechelen's protests and gave Miguel Van Mechelen a yellow card for diving instead. In the 17th minute, Miguel Van Mechelen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roni Van Hoyveldt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baturalp Yenal in the 19th minute of play. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind BLUEMOON FK's goalkeeper Tarık Okutman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. YR Mechelen's Miguel Van Mechelen got his second yellow card of the match in the 27th minute. The referee ordered Miguel Van Mechelen off the ground. Miguel Van Mechelen kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Roni Van Hoyveldt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from İsmail Cem Balaman in the 32nd minute of play. 32 minutes in the game, Baturalp Yenal dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 34th minute of the match kaya Özdeş shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Roni Van Hoyveldt showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 40th match minute, BLUEMOON FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aytuğ Özveren to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by kaya Özdeş during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Paul-Louis Van Mechelen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Roni Van Hoyveldt was a little too slow when İsmail Cem Balaman got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 56th minute. The score was now 1-2. Diederik Van Mechelen kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. YR Mechelen's Roni Van Hoyveldt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save YR Mechelen from getting a goal against them. Mehmet Fatih Sina in the 73rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Roni Van Hoyveldt, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When Diederik Van Mechelen fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored YR Mechelen's protests and gave Diederik Van Mechelen a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, YR Mechelen's Diederik Van Mechelen got a free kick in the 74th minute. An unexpected shot in the 74th minute by İsmail Cem Balaman got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehmet Fatih Sina in the 77th minute of play forced YR Mechelen's goalkeeper Roni Van Hoyveldt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mehmet Fatih Sina made a great header on BLUEMOON FK's corner, it was just that YR Mechelen's Roni Van Hoyveldt managed to reach the ball for a save. İsmail Cem Balaman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 90 minutes in the game kaya Özdeş did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Baturalp Yenal. After 96 played minutes BLUEMOON FK got a freekick which was hit by Aytuğ Özveren. BLUEMOON FK's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.