U23 World League

Kolos Sport Arena
Spectators: 7469 (Terracing: 5603, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lars Bjurström started the match with the kick off. When Halis Songurhan fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Basmane Texas's protests and gave Halis Songurhan a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of FC Kolos booed when Basmane Texas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Halis Songurhan didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marko Barabash during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Basmane Texas's goalkeeper Ahmet Erdem Darga, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 16th match minute, Basmane Texas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anıl Müjdat to maneuver through the defense. Olexandr Tlumak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bircan Ulaç in the 22nd minute of the match. Olexandr Tlumak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bircan Ulaç in the 32nd minute of the match. Lars Bjurström took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ahmet Erdem Darga. Ahmet Erdem Darga dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Lars Bjurström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Ahmet Erdem Darga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Olexandr Tlumak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Bomba, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bircan Ulaç was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Song Yao Jie managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Kolos's supporters rose to their feet, but Song Yao Jie was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ahmet Erdem Darga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Lars Bjurström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ahmet Erdem Darga was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Ahmet Erdem Darga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Bjurström in the 61st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Pavlo Lozynskyi managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Kolos's supporters rose to their feet, but Pavlo Lozynskyi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ahmet Erdem Darga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 70 minutes, Anıl Müjdat mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Basmane Texas and the FC Kolos players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 70th minute, Anıl Müjdat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ahmet Erdem Darga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Bjurström in the 71st minute of the match. Lars Bjurström's late challenge caught a Basmane Texas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lars Bjurström helped the player get up and apologised. Lars Bjurström hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. 76 minutes into the match, FC Kolos's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Bomba came free, but Olexandr Tlumak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Halis Songurhan got his second yellow card in the match during the 80th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of FC Kolos booed when Basmane Texas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Halis Songurhan didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Marko Barabash had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ahmet Erdem Darga stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lars Bjurström's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. FC Kolos were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Basmane Texas for a fine match.