U23 World League

KHALKEDON
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) RÚSTICOS F.C's Modesto Roland 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. In the 7th minute, Seyfi Sadri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 8 played minutes Khalkedon FK got a freekick which was hit by Mümtazer Baytüze. Paolo Cordairo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 12th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Vacid Akyazıcı. Khalkedon FK's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Vacid Akyazıcı made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norberto Cabanela in the 25th minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, Norberto Cabanela notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Khalkedon FK's Vacid Akyazıcı. Vacid Akyazıcı was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in Khalkedon FK's zone, Modesto Roland stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vacid Akyazıcı came out of the goal and Modesto Roland tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 35 minutes into the game, Doğuş Barlas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Khalkedon FK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave RÚSTICOS F.C the free kick. Doğuş Barlas kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. In the 41st minute, Norberto Cabanela got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Bruno Perico had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 47th minute Norberto Cabanela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vacid Akyazıcı saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Khalkedon FK players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. RÚSTICOS F.C were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ayhan İnciroğlu to make the kick off. Ciriaco Hanot kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. 56 minutes into the match, Khalkedon FK's goalkeeper Vacid Akyazıcı had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Modesto Roland. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aaron Nuno during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Khalkedon FK booed when RÚSTICOS F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aaron Nuno didn't get a good kick on the ball. Norberto Cabanela fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vacid Akyazıcı having to interfere. Vacid Akyazıcı didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Norberto Cabanela went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norberto Cabanela in the 66th minute of play forced Khalkedon FK's goalkeeper Vacid Akyazıcı to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Norberto Cabanela put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Vacid Akyazıcı. In the 84th minute, RÚSTICOS F.C's Norberto Cabanela dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. The audience thought a goal was coming when Norberto Cabanela got free with Vacid Akyazıcı in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Modesto Roland fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vacid Akyazıcı having to interfere. In the 95th minute, Haluk Cansal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over RÚSTICOS F.C could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Khalkedon FK throughout the match.