U21 World League

Topaltı Arena
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pedro Baptista took the kick off in the first half of the match. Inter de Melão's Ernani Dias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bebeto Müjdat in the 4th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bircan Ulaç got free with Ernani Dias in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ernani Dias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bircan Ulaç in the 6th minute of play. Ernani Dias was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bircan Ulaç showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. Bircan Ulaç fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernani Dias having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Inter de Melão's zone, Adem Mutluer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ernani Dias came out of the goal and Adem Mutluer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bircan Ulaç could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Ernani Dias made a huge save. Bircan Ulaç had several of the Inter de Melão's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 17 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Ernani Dias as he didn't even see the shot coming. Ulu Hayat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Murilo Nascimento in the 20th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adem Mutluer got free with Ernani Dias in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 22 minutes Inter de Melão's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tayyar Niyazi who took care of the corner kick. In the 24th minute Falcão Aguiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ulu Hayat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th match minute, Basmane Texas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zekai Kutcan to maneuver through the defense. If Bircan Ulaç had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 31 minutes into the match, Basmane Texas's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Baptista came free, but Ulu Hayat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Pedro Baptista put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ulu Hayat. With a little luck, Inter de Melão's Ernani Dias got control of the ball when Adem Mutluer tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bircan Ulaç fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernani Dias having to interfere. In the 39th match minute, Inter de Melão was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Falcão Aguiar to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute, Behçet Polatkılıç hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bircan Ulaç who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 42ndth minute tested the skills of Ernani Dias when he managed to save the team from getting behind.

Bircan Ulaç blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ernani Dias having to make a save. Ernani Dias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bircan Ulaç in the 52nd minute of play. Ernani Dias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bircan Ulaç in the 54th minute of play. Ulu Hayat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Baptista in the 57th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Basmane Texas's goalkeeper Ulu Hayat had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Falcão Aguiar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Falcão Aguiar in the 64th minute of play forced Basmane Texas's goalkeeper Ulu Hayat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Inter de Melão's Wiliam Domingues got a free kick in the 64th minute. If Tayyar Niyazi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ulu Hayat was a little too slow when Wiliam Domingues got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 2-2. When Basmane Texas's Bircan Ulaç in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Inter de Melão's goalie prevented a goal. Tayyar Niyazi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Ernani Dias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 84 minutes, Adem Mutluer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Basmane Texas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adem Mutluer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Behçet Polatkılıç struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Ernani Dias didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Basmane Texas. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.