U21 World League

Geçkinli Stadium
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abdulvahit Talat started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Geçkinli's goal looked a bit too open when Omar Costante came free, but Mehmet Ediz Tanbek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6thth minute of the game Omar Costante who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Geçkinli's Mehmet Ediz Tanbek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 7 minutes of play, Atletico Calamar Saavedra's Omar Costante made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mehmet Ediz Tanbek was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mehmet Ediz Tanbek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolas Laurentzi in the 10th minute of the match. In the 10th match minute, Atletico Calamar Saavedra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacinto Intxixu to maneuver through the defense. Mehmet Ediz Tanbek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victorino Chumo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Serafino Gaueko's late challenge caught a Geçkinli's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Serafino Gaueko helped the player get up and apologised. Serafino Gaueko kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. If Göksel Umar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Nicolas Laurentzi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mehmet Ediz Tanbek was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Omar Costante in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mehmet Ediz Tanbek prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Omar Costante put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Mehmet Ediz Tanbek. In the 28th minute Nicolas Laurentzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehmet Ediz Tanbek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Geçkinli's Mehmet Ediz Tanbek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Laurentzi in the 29th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Omar Costante in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mehmet Ediz Tanbek prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Omar Costante in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mehmet Ediz Tanbek saved Geçkinli from getting behind. After 40 minutes, Nicolas Laurentzi made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Geçkinli's Mehmet Ediz Tanbek tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Omar Costante received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Mehmet Ediz Tanbek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 47th match minute, Geçkinli was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Tolga Kılıçer to maneuver through the defense. In the 48th minute of the match Jacinto Intxixu sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mehmet Ediz Tanbek skillfully saved the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Omar Costante in the 52nd minute of play forced Geçkinli's goalkeeper Mehmet Ediz Tanbek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolas Laurentzi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 62ndth minute, Mehmet Ediz Tanbek skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Atletico Calamar Saavedra's Omar Costante in the 67th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Mehmet Ediz Tanbek was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Geçkinli through an amazing save. In the 71st minute, Serafino Gaueko reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mehmet Ediz Tanbek. The goal made the score 0-5. Geçkinli's Mehmet Ediz Tanbek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Omar Costante in the 78th minute of play. After 86 minutes of play, Atletico Calamar Saavedra's Omar Costante made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mehmet Ediz Tanbek was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mehmet Ediz Tanbek was out of position in the 89 minute of play, and Omar Costante capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Omar Costante really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. When the final whistle sounded Atletico Calamar Saavedra left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Geçkinli.