U23 World League

VODAFONE ARENA
Spectators: 7793 (Terracing: 5846, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 155) F.C BEŞİKTAŞ's Alejo Cucao 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. 6 minutes into the match, F.C BEŞİKTAŞ's goal looked a bit too open when Ovidio Ugutz came free, but Stojmen Tujković reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bora Ersal got free with Felice Selvaggi in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stojmen Tujković took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferruccio Di Campli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute, Ferruccio Di Campli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Duri come il marmo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 17 minutes of play, F.C BEŞİKTAŞ's Alejo Cucao made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Felice Selvaggi was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Ovidio Ugutz in the 20th minute of play forced F.C BEŞİKTAŞ's goalkeeper Stojmen Tujković to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rasmus Højlund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stojmen Tujković took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferruccio Di Campli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute of the match Ercole Petrosino sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Stojmen Tujković skillfully saved the ball. Stojmen Tujković showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferruccio Di Campli, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Felice Selvaggi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fryderyk Gajewski in the 35th minute of play. After some careless play in the Duri come il marmo defense, Fryderyk Gajewski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Felice Selvaggi. The Duri come il marmo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Felice Selvaggi should have stopped the shot. With splendid footwork Rasmus Højlund arrived in front of goal to shoot 3-1 by the left pole in the game's 38th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Emilio Di Campli to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of F.C BEŞİKTAŞ booed when Duri come il marmo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ercole Petrosino didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Rasmus Højlund managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C BEŞİKTAŞ's supporters rose to their feet, but Rasmus Højlund was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Felice Selvaggi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With his leg Stojmen Tujković managed to avoid a goal in the 63rdth minute, when Duri come il marmo's Emilio Di Campli fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Güral Adanır was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 63 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 63rd minute of the game. One of F.C BEŞİKTAŞ:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Duri come il marmo:s goal. In the 67th minute Fryderyk Gajewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felice Selvaggi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stojmen Tujković showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ovidio Ugutz, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 72nd match minute, Duri come il marmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alessandro Ferrario to maneuver through the defense. Felice Selvaggi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rasmus Højlund, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Rasmus Højlund hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. 81 minutes into the match, Ovidio Ugutz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Stojmen Tujković, 4-3. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rasmus Højlund in the 84th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Felice Selvaggi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rasmus Højlund scored 5-3 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Felice Selvaggi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. F.C BEŞİKTAŞ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Duri come il marmo for a fine match.