U21 World League

Diego A. Milito
Spectators: 7701 (Terracing: 5777, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka 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. After 13 minutes of play, Racing Club【LBF】's Lisandro Lopez made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sami Merih was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Diego Milito got free with Sami Merih in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nicolas Anelka's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marcelo Eufemio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. Ivan Pillud kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Racing Club【LBF】's Marcelo Eufemio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Anelka in the 24th minute of play. A hard shot 31 in the game by Diego Milito from a close distance when the talented Sami Merih managed to make a qualified save. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s players were relieved. The audience was convinced that Nicolas Anelka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcelo Eufemio was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. If Nicolas Anelka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Nicolas Anelka recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 43rd minute, Nicolas Anelka left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ---Atam Osmanlı--- fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Nicolas Anelka scored 2-4 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcelo Eufemio, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Disappointed in the 2-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lisandro Lopez made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Nicolas Anelka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcelo Eufemio was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. A collision led to ---Atam Osmanlı--- getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Naim Ergüden hit a great ball. Ivan Pillud made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Arif Bilge Hünerli. Ivan Pillud made in the 70th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eulalio Aimar. Marcelo Eufemio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolas Anelka in the 73rd minute of the match. Ivan Pillud made in the 74th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eulalio Aimar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teofilo Eguerdi in the 79th minute of play forced ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goalkeeper Sami Merih to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sami Merih showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Milito in the 89th minute of the match. Nicolas Anelka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Although Racing Club【LBF】 had been in control for most of the match, ---Atam Osmanlı--- still came away with the win.