U23 World League

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 7384 (Terracing: 5720, Seating: 1564, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Evair Palmeira took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Edgar Baiano came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the ITAFUT 4EVER 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 Edgar Baiano couldn't finish the play. Ant Peyam could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Zé Augusto Cardoso made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Batur Mahmut during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 11th minute, Batur Mahmut hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When João Pena fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ITAFUT 4EVER's protests and gave João Pena a yellow card for diving instead. After 18 played minutes ITAFUT 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by João Pena. Yağızalp Özerkmen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Baiano in the 22nd minute of play. Edgar Baiano charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edgar Baiano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 25 played minutes ITAFUT 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Edgar Baiano. When Ant Peyam came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Los Tatangelos 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 Ant Peyam couldn't finish the play. After 28 played minutes ITAFUT 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by João Pena. The corner led Los Tatangelos's Arif Burak Kahveci to a score. 1-0 in the 31st minute. Cléber Palmeira lost his temper 35 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in ITAFUT 4EVER fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 35th minute. Penalty! In the 39th minute Batur Mahmut shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Augusto Cardoso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Evair Palmeira got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Zé Augusto Cardoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arif Nihat Torgay, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Süreyya Beysan got free with Zé Augusto Cardoso in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ant Peyam to strike the kick off in the second half. Zé Augusto Cardoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Batur Mahmut in the 57th minute of play. In the 60th minute, Batur Mahmut hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zé Augusto Cardoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ant Peyam, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Zé Augusto Cardoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Süreyya Beysan in the 68th minute of the match. After 70 played minutes ITAFUT 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Evair Palmeira. ITAFUT 4EVER's Zé Augusto Cardoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arif Nihat Torgay in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Nihat Torgay in the 73rd minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Zé Augusto Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Los Tatangelos's Arif Nihat Torgay in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ITAFUT 4EVER's goalie prevented a goal. 78 minutes into the match, Evair Palmeira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yağızalp Özerkmen. Los Tatangelos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Evair Palmeira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Zé Augusto Cardoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arif Nihat Torgay in the 82nd minute of play. With a little luck, Los Tatangelos's Yağızalp Özerkmen got control of the ball when Edgar Baiano tried to sneak it across the goal line. Süreyya Beysan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.