U23 World League

KHALKEDON
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Khalkedon FK's Ayhan İnciroğlu 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. 3 minutes into the game, Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Aldo Popolizio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vacid Akyazıcı made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 6 minutes into the match, Khalkedon FK's goal looked a bit too open when Cheche Bellogin came free, but Vacid Akyazıcı reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 7 minutes of play, Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Aldo Popolizio made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vacid Akyazıcı was left in no man's land by his defense there! 9 minutes into the match, Aldo Popolizio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vacid Akyazıcı. Khalkedon FK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aldo Popolizio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. When the match clock showed 13 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Cheche Bellogin sped through Khalkedon FK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vacid Akyazıcı. 17 minutes into the match, Khalkedon FK's goal looked a bit too open when Cheche Bellogin came free, but Vacid Akyazıcı reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vacid Akyazıcı came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Aldo Popolizio. But to his dismay, Aldo Popolizio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. In the 20th minute, Cheche Bellogin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vacid Akyazıcı was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. Khalkedon FK's Vacid Akyazıcı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheche Bellogin in the 24th minute of play. After some careless play in the Khalkedon FK defense, Aldo Popolizio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vacid Akyazıcı. The Khalkedon FK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vacid Akyazıcı should have stopped the shot. 33 minutes into the game, Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Cheche Bellogin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vacid Akyazıcı made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-9. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cheche Bellogin in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vacid Akyazıcı prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 38 minutes into the game, Aldo Popolizio cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-10. Vacid Akyazıcı was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Aldo Popolizio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vacid Akyazıcı was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. After 46th play minutes Cheche Bellogin shot 0-12, a short shot which went by Vacid Akyazıcı and just under the crossbar into goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-12.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aldo Popolizio to make the kick off. Pierres Baz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Teofilo Alcala kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vacid Akyazıcı. That made the score 0-13 in the 57 minute of play. Deportivo Popolizio FBC made a substitution. Benvide Cercalde replaced Aldo Popolizio. Khalkedon FK's Vacid Akyazıcı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheche Bellogin in the 62nd minute of play. Balamir Türeli kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Benvide Cercalde hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 70 minutes into the match, Ciceron Valdivielso notched a goal, 0-15, 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. 0-16 became the score in the 73rd minute when Ciceron Valdivielso elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Khalkedon FK's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Benvide Cercalde 76 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-17. 80 minutes into the match, Benvide Cercalde dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vacid Akyazıcı, 0-18. In the 82nd match minute, Deportivo Popolizio FBC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Confesor Ballugera to maneuver through the defense. Benvide Cercalde scored 0-19 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vacid Akyazıcı, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 90 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 Ciceron Valdivielso. Pierres Baz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Vacid Akyazıcı tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 98 minutes into the game, Berkan Paksan 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 Deportivo Popolizio FBC the free kick. In the 98th match minute, Khalkedon FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Berkan Paksan to maneuver through the defense. 99 minutes into the match, Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Herminio Maceira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vacid Akyazıcı narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match was over Deportivo Popolizio FBC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Khalkedon FK throughout the match.