U21 World League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 8446 (Terracing: 6336, Seating: 1942, VIP seats: 168) An unexpectedly hard shot by Tarık Sehhar in the 4th minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Tigran Balayan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tigran Balayan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mustafa Barış Yarlık, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When LOI's Tarık Sehhar in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Khachatryan's goalie prevented a goal. After 10 minutes Khachatryan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hikmet Şafakgün who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Hikmet Şafakgün almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rickard Thidén in the 22nd minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Tigran Balayan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Johannes Sobeck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Avetisyan in the 25th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Tarık Sehhar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tigran Balayan was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Johannes Sobeck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Avetisyan in the 33rd minute of the match. Grigor Grigoryan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Johannes Sobeck made a huge save. Tigran Balayan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Berker Özgunay in the 41st minute of play. LOI's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Abel Avetisyan 47 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rickard Thidén to make the kick off. Kurtis Wooten took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Johannes Sobeck. Johannes Sobeck dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Stevie Timmons charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stevie Timmons the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kurtis Wooten in the 59th minute of play forced LOI's goalkeeper Johannes Sobeck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel Avetisyan in the 65th minute of play forced LOI's goalkeeper Johannes Sobeck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tigran Balayan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tarık Sehhar in the 67th minute of play. Mustafa Barış Yarlık fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tigran Balayan having to interfere. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Jarvis Cormier hit a great ball. 87 minutes into the game, Battal Gazi Rehber was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. LOI's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Khachatryan the free kick. Battal Gazi Rehber hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Khachatryan's Jarvis Cormier couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 88th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for LOI. The audience thought a goal was coming when Berker Özgunay got free with Tigran Balayan in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.