U23 World League

Estadio Sergio Llull
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Marcelo Valverde hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Osman Ali Özdal during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Osman Ali Özdal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Osman Ali Özdal blasted a shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luis Maestro having to make a save. César Negro hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. BEŞİKTAŞ ALTYAPI's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Can Taykurt in the 11th minute. A nice corner shot did that Can Taykurt got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Luis Maestro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Luis Maestro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Can Taykurt in the 13th minute of the match. César Negro hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 19th minute Can Taykurt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Maestro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hacı Onay made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cai Espinosa in the 23rd minute. A sloppy throw-in by Arif Cengiz Kahveci in the 28th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Real Llull de Reus's César Negro. If Can Taykurt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Luis Maestro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osman Ali Özdal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th match minute, Real Llull de Reus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by César Negro to maneuver through the defense. Osman Ali Özdal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luis Maestro having to interfere. When Aarón Domingo came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Real Llull de Reus 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 Aarón Domingo couldn't finish the play. If Osman Ali Özdal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. César Negro kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Hacı Onay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cai Espinosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. 53 minutes into the match, BEŞİKTAŞ ALTYAPI's goal looked a bit too open when Cai Espinosa came free, but Hacı Onay reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 55 minutes into the match, Can Taykurt had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luis Maestro. Real Llull de Reus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Can Taykurt was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Can Taykurt during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 58th minute, Can Taykurt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Can Taykurt in the 60th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luis Maestro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Real Llull de Reus getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Cai Espinosa hit a great ball. Luis Maestro made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Osman Ali Özdal sent off a good shot on target. After 69 played minutes BEŞİKTAŞ ALTYAPI got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet İlke Günaydın. Can Taykurt's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luis Maestro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. In the 79th match minute, Real Llull de Reus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Melquiades Borrás to maneuver through the defense. BEŞİKTAŞ ALTYAPI's Can Taykurt got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. César Negro's late challenge caught a BEŞİKTAŞ ALTYAPI's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. César Negro helped the player get up and apologised. After 85 minutes of play Real Llull de Reus's César Negro was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Can Taykurt received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Luis Maestro came out and tried to block the shot, but Can Taykurt slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 90th minute. Can Taykurt had several of the Real Llull de Reus's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 93 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-5 score and a disappointed Luis Maestro as he didn't even see the shot coming. When the match was over BEŞİKTAŞ ALTYAPI could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Real Llull de Reus throughout the match.