U21 World League

CARLITOS BIANCHI
Spectators: 7700 (Terracing: 5776, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomás Txilar kicked off to start the match. Rafael Pitin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ümit Durukan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 7 minutes of play, Los Tatangelos's Arif Burak Kahveci made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rafael Pitin was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Berker Rıza Erginer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Los Tatangelos's supporters rose to their feet, but Berker Rıza Erginer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rafael Pitin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tomás Txilar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Tamer Siraceddin made a huge save. In the 14th minute, Arif Burak Kahveci made a precise shot to the right of Rafael Pitin. El ABUELO FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cuma Han in the 18th minute of play forced El ABUELO FC's goalkeeper Rafael Pitin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cuma Han received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Rafael Pitin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Berker Rıza Erginer took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rafael Pitin. Rafael Pitin 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. Rafael Pitin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Berker Rıza Erginer in the 27th minute of the match. Rafael Pitin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cuma Han in the 28th minute of play. After 31 minutes, Kayhan İmge mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Tatangelos and the El ABUELO FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 34th minute El ABUELO FC were awarded a corner. Nicanor Maidana went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Nicanor Maidana almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Los Tatangelos's Tamer Siraceddin did a great save. Kayhan İmge hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cuma Han in the 37th minute of play forced El ABUELO FC's goalkeeper Rafael Pitin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rafael Pitin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cuma Han, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Guillermo Elixio in the 43rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tamer Siraceddin saved Los Tatangelos from getting behind. Rafael Pitin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cuma Han in the 44th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cuma Han made a kick off. Cuma Han came free with the goalkeeper in the 51st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Rafael Pitin could save by the left post. Rafael Pitin made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Ümit Durukan sent off a good shot on target. Rafael Pitin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ümit Durukan in the 55th minute of play. Rafael Pitin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cuma Han in the 57th minute. In the 61stth minute of the game Guillermo Elixio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Los Tatangelos's Tamer Siraceddin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Txilar in the 63rd minute of play forced Los Tatangelos's goalkeeper Tamer Siraceddin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tamer Siraceddin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomás Txilar in the 65th minute of play. Tamer Siraceddin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guillermo Elixio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rafael Pitin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cuma Han in the 68th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cuma Han got free with Rafael Pitin in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. El ABUELO FC's Rafael Pitin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save El ABUELO FC from getting a goal against them. Tamer Siraceddin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Guillermo Elixio went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Evelio Bladi's late challenge caught a Los Tatangelos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Evelio Bladi helped the player get up and apologised. After 78 played minutes El ABUELO FC got a freekick which was hit by Evelio Bladi. After 79 played minutes, Los Tatangelos's Arif Burak Kahveci shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rafael Pitin came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Los Tatangelos reached it. After 81 minutes of play, Los Tatangelos's Berker Rıza Erginer made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rafael Pitin was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, El ABUELO FC's Rafael Pitin got control of the ball when Cuma Han tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, El ABUELO FC's Guillermo Elixio got a free kick in the 86th minute. Rafael Pitin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Berker Rıza Erginer in the 87th minute of play. Tamer Siraceddin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guillermo Elixio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The El ABUELO FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Los Tatangelos were clearly better and deserved to take the win.