U23 World League

The Hell of Urfa
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Lucas Elazar started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Lucas Elazar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kasım İpçi having to interfere. Oğuz Kasım's late challenge caught a Saturno's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Oğuz Kasım helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Palestine getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Oğuz Kasım hit a great ball. In the 10thth minute of the game Lucas Elazar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palestine's Kasım İpçi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Oğuz Kasım got free with Antonio Chabier in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 12 minutes into the match, Palestine's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Benet came free, but Kasım İpçi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Palestine's Doğaner Yeten got a free kick in the 13th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Elazar in the 18th minute of play forced Palestine's goalkeeper Kasım İpçi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kasım İpçi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anier Herensuge, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Saturno's Antonio Chabier got control of the ball when Gencay Yasun tried to sneak it across the goal line. Oğuz Kasım received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Antonio Chabier came out and tried to block the shot, but Oğuz Kasım slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 35th minute. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cenap Aras to strike the kick off in the second half. Kasım İpçi was out of position in the 52 minute of play, and Carlos Benet capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Carlos Benet really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. The audience was convinced that Eleuterio Ekhi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kasım İpçi was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Kasım İpçi made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Lucas Elazar sent off a good shot on target. Kasım İpçi acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 62nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Mauro Illan. With a little luck, Palestine's Kasım İpçi got control of the ball when Carlos Benet tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 65th match minute, Palestine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Semavi Baran to maneuver through the defense. Kasım İpçi made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Lucas Elazar sent off a good shot on target. In the 67th minute, Carlos Benet ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kasım İpçi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Saturno's Sebastian Ixona got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The corner ended in Oğuz Kasım almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Saturno's Antonio Chabier did a great save. Kasım İpçi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eleuterio Ekhi in the 84th minute of the match. Kasım İpçi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lucas Elazar's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. 95 minutes into the match, Palestine's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas Elazar came free, but Kasım İpçi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.