U23 World League

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 7401 (Terracing: 5737, Seating: 1564, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ant Peyam made the kick off which started today's match. Los Tatangelos's Yağızalp Özerkmen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Serapio in the 3rd minute of play. Ivan Nayely kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Igor Serapio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's supporters rose to their feet, but Igor Serapio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yağızalp Özerkmen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 14th minute, Igor Serapio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Los Tatangelos's Süreyya Beysan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anastasio Berriotxoa. That made the score 2-1 after 22 minutes of play. In the 27th minute, Süreyya Beysan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anastasio Berriotxoa was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Anastasio Berriotxoa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Süreyya Beysan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Tadeo Bonifaco hit a great ball. Anastasio Berriotxoa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Süreyya Beysan in the 36th minute of play. When Los Tatangelos's Süreyya Beysan, in the 42nd minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Los Tatangelos. Kayhan İmge charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kayhan İmge the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Kayhan İmge hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Yağızalp Özerkmen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anacleto Ciceron in the 51st minute. After 56 minutes, Yusuf Beykan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Tatangelos and the Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 58th minute, Cayetano Goren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 61st play minute Igor Serapio came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Yağızalp Özerkmen. 3-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Igor Serapio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's supporters rose to their feet, but Igor Serapio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yağızalp Özerkmen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Anastasio Berriotxoa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ant Peyam in the 67th minute of the match. Igor Serapio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Igor Serapio came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ 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 Igor Serapio couldn't finish the play. 77 minutes into the match, Süreyya Beysan notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Anastasio Berriotxoa. Anastasio Berriotxoa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 83rd play minute Igor Serapio came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Yağızalp Özerkmen. 4-3. Ruperto Chepe kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Anastasio Berriotxoa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arif Nihat Torgay in the 90th minute of play. After having played for 92 minutes, Sergio Larra managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sergio Larra was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Los Tatangelos fully deserved thier win.