U21 World League

Palermo
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cevat Akıncıbey made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Palermo AFC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Hugo Pitin hit a great ball. After 3 played minutes, FC AnTePiA™'s Yalçın Eroğul shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Domingo Serafo 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 FC AnTePiA™ reached it. After a rather tough play, FC AnTePiA™'s Berkant Öztaylan got a free kick in the 4th minute. FC AnTePiA™'s Yakup Seylan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save FC AnTePiA™ from getting a goal against them. With 8 minutes on the clock, Berkant Öztaylan commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. A collision led to FC AnTePiA™ getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Berkant Öztaylan hit a great ball. Elvio Olo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 9th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Yakup Seylan. FC AnTePiA™'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, Hurşit Attaroğlu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Domingo Serafo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Yakup Seylan was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Florencio Fix showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 15 minute of play. Anselmo Astudillo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Palermo AFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Elvio Olo in the 20th minute. Everardo Esquipula kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Peter Parker kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. After 23 played minutes Palermo AFC got a freekick which was hit by Anselmo Astudillo. Anıl Mücahit Yağınalp kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Palermo AFC's Domingo Serafo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yalçın Eroğul in the 27th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, Peter Parker had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Domingo Serafo. Palermo AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Peter Parker was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Yakup Seylan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anselmo Astudillo in the 31st minute of play. In the 37th match minute, Palermo AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eustacio Harri to maneuver through the defense. 43 minutes into the match, Hurşit Attaroğlu notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Palermo AFC's Domingo Serafo. Domingo Serafo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Florencio Fix stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Yakup Seylan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florencio Fix in the 52nd minute of play. Domingo Serafo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hurşit Attaroğlu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Domingo Serafo was a little too slow when Hurşit Attaroğlu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 59th minute. The score was now 1-4. In the 63rd minute, Peter Parker got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Peter Parker came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the FC AnTePiA™ 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 Peter Parker couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florencio Fix in the 75th minute of play forced FC AnTePiA™'s goalkeeper Yakup Seylan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 77 minutes of play, Palermo AFC's Marcelino Polentzi made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yakup Seylan was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elvio Olo in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yakup Seylan saved FC AnTePiA™ from getting behind. Palermo AFC's Elvio Olo got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.