U23 World League

Evcilerspor
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ennio Marcantonio made the kick off which started today's match. Ali Atıf Okatay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ennio Marcantonio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ennio Marcantonio took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ali Atıf Okatay. Ali Atıf Okatay dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Merceron United's Dario Gelsomini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Volkan Usare in the 17th minute of play. In the 19th minute Ennio Marcantonio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Atıf Okatay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ali Atıf Okatay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ennio Marcantonio, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After 27 minutes of play, Merceron United's Ennio Marcantonio made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ali Atıf Okatay was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ali Atıf Okatay didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ennio Marcantonio went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Evcilerspor's Ali Atıf Okatay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ennio Marcantonio in the 35th minute of play. With a little luck, Merceron United's Dario Gelsomini got control of the ball when Metehan Kuntay tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ennio Guidoni's late challenge caught a Evcilerspor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ennio Guidoni helped the player get up and apologised. Ennio Guidoni kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, Alex De Toni notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Evcilerspor's Ali Atıf Okatay. Ali Atıf Okatay was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dario Gelsomini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Volkan Usare, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Metehan Kuntay to make the kick off. Ali Atıf Okatay made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Ennio Marcantonio sent off a good shot on target. Merceron United's Ennio Marcantonio was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 53rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. The audience was convinced that Ennio Marcantonio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ali Atıf Okatay was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Ennio Marcantonio succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-8 in the 58th playminute. Alex De Toni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Ennio Marcantonio came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Merceron United 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 Ennio Marcantonio couldn't finish the play. Evcilerspor's Ali Atıf Okatay proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Evcilerspor from getting a goal against them. Evcilerspor's Ali Atıf Okatay proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Evcilerspor from getting a goal against them. The Merceron United fans' excitement grew in the 76th match minute when Merceron United's Ennio Marcantonio looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-11 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Evcilerspor's defense didn't have a chance, in the 81st minute, when Alex De Toni scored to the left of an out of position Ali Atıf Okatay, making the score, 0-12. In the 84th minute of the match Federico Del Giudice sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ali Atıf Okatay skillfully saved the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Volkan Usare during the 86th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 87th minute of the match Federico Del Giudice shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ali Atıf Okatay showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 88th minute, Evcilerspor's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ennio Marcantonio fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 90thth minute of the game Ennio Marcantonio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Evcilerspor's Ali Atıf Okatay was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ennio Marcantonio in the 92nd minute of play forced Evcilerspor's goalkeeper Ali Atıf Okatay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alp Ergintuğ kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. In the 94th minute Ennio Marcantonio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Atıf Okatay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alberigo Cavallucci took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 96th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ali Atıf Okatay. Evcilerspor's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Merceron United walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.