U23 World League

Chalodromo
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cahit Atik got the match started through his kick off. Kurtuluş Ünlü showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Astor Xabier, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Jeronimo Orzaize scored 1-0 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kurtuluş Ünlü, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kamer Başkaynak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Domingos Dolcet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kurtuluş Ünlü made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filomeno Urki in the 19th minute of play. In the 19th minute, Demiralp Selim hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Filomeno Urki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kurtuluş Ünlü was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Demiralp Selim's late challenge caught a Prensadito Fulbo Clu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Demiralp Selim helped the player get up and apologised. In the 28th minute, Demiralp Selim hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hasan Tahsin Garipbaş's late challenge caught a Prensadito Fulbo Clu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hasan Tahsin Garipbaş helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Under 18 Universe getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Hasan Tahsin Garipbaş hit a great ball. Mustafa Emrah Hacıfettahoğlu made in the 36th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Batur Orkun immediately put the ball in play. Domingos Dolcet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cahit Atik in the 40th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

53 minutes into the game, Prensadito Fulbo Clu's Filomeno Urki nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kurtuluş Ünlü made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. 58 minutes into the match, Prensadito Fulbo Clu's goalkeeper Domingos Dolcet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hasan Tahsin Garipbaş. The supporters of Prensadito Fulbo Clu booed when Under 18 Universe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mustafa Emrah Hacıfettahoğlu didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 61 minutes of play, Prensadito Fulbo Clu's Filomeno Urki made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kurtuluş Ünlü was left in no man's land by his defense there! Filomeno Urki's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kurtuluş Ünlü read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. 66 minutes had been played when some careless play by Under 18 Universe's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jeronimo Orzaize was slow to take the kick. During this time Prensadito Fulbo Clu's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Prensadito Fulbo Clu's corner Jeronimo Orzaize fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Kurtuluş Ünlü quite easily take care of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Serafin Ixona during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Serafin Ixona hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Jeronimo Orzaize's late challenge caught a Under 18 Universe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jeronimo Orzaize helped the player get up and apologised. In the 77th match minute, Under 18 Universe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cahit Atik to maneuver through the defense. Mustafa Emrah Hacıfettahoğlu got his second yellow card in the match during the 83rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Jeronimo Orzaize was shown his second yellow card after 88 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Jeronimo Orzaize hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Prensadito Fulbo Clu's Donato Blai got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 93rd minute, Demiralp Selim fired a really elegant long shot, but Domingos Dolcet threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. Prensadito Fulbo Clu were awarded a corner in the 99th minute after Under 18 Universe's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Serafin Ixona took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Serafin Ixona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kurtuluş Ünlü quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Under 18 Universe's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.