U23 World League

METİN STADYUMU
Spectators: 7540 (Terracing: 5656, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) ZORZAL01's Orlando Oihan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to ZORZAL01 getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Marcos Urtsin hit a great ball. After 15 played minutes, Gülce Leyla's Şeref Nazım shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Higinio Polo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Gülce Leyla reached it. When Rahmi Savni fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gülce Leyla's protests and gave Rahmi Savni a yellow card for diving instead. Rahmi Savni hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Boğaç Nurdag showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orlando Oihan in the 19th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Günay Kılıçalp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Oihan in the 20th minute of play forced Gülce Leyla's goalkeeper Boğaç Nurdag to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute of the match ZORZAL01 got a corner. Gülce Leyla's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ciro Vito ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Daniel Lucado heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Boğaç Nurdag made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horacio Nevada in the 25th minute of play. Günay Kılıçalp's late challenge caught a ZORZAL01's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Günay Kılıçalp helped the player get up and apologised. Günay Kılıçalp kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. When Horacio Nevada came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the ZORZAL01 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Horacio Nevada couldn't finish the play. When Rahmi Savni was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 31 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Gülce Leyla's Rahmi Savni got a free kick in the 32nd minute. If Horacio Nevada had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 37thth minute of the game Orlando Oihan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gülce Leyla's Boğaç Nurdag was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cevher Şinas hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Boğaç Nurdag showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Oihan, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Boğaç Nurdag showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Honorio Quico, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After 41 minutes Gülce Leyla's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ciro Vito who took care of the corner kick. Horacio Nevada sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of ZORZAL01 booed when Gülce Leyla was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cevher Şinas didn't get a good kick on the ball.

After a rather tough play, ZORZAL01's Ciro Vito got a free kick in the 54th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Gülce Leyla's zone, Horacio Nevada stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Boğaç Nurdag came out of the goal and Horacio Nevada tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Gülce Leyla's Cevher Şinas got a free kick in the 59th minute. Cevher Şinas's late challenge caught a ZORZAL01's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cevher Şinas helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Gülce Leyla's Cevher Şinas got a free kick in the 65th minute. Horacio Nevada received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Boğaç Nurdag tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Boğaç Nurdag made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Felipe Iraunkor sent off a good shot on target. Orlando Oihan struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Boğaç Nurdag didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ZORZAL01. The audience was convinced that Horacio Nevada's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Boğaç Nurdag was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as ZORZAL01's Orlando Oihan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Boğaç Nurdag. That made the score 0-3 after 81 minutes of play. 86 minutes into the game, Orlando Oihan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Boğaç Nurdag was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Orlando Oihan in the 90thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Boğaç Nurdag, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 91 minutes into the game, Orlando Oihan lined in a short shot 0-5 behind a frustrated Boğaç Nurdag. In the 94thth minute of the game Horacio Nevada who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gülce Leyla's Boğaç Nurdag was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Boğaç Nurdag made an important save on a dangerous shot by Honorio Quico in the 96th minute. When the final whistle sounded ZORZAL01 left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Gülce Leyla.