U21 World League

Anatolia Park
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) A.C Barak's Ahmet Bülent Ruhi 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 2 played minutes ✪ XV de Umarizal got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Guilherme Mendes. Ahmet Bülent Ruhi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rodrigo Nestor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Göktürk Vedatoğulları tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Göktürk Vedatoğulları showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renan Medeiros, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After some careless play in the A.C Barak defense, Kauan Pires kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Göktürk Vedatoğulları. The A.C Barak fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Göktürk Vedatoğulları should have stopped the shot. A.C Barak's Göktürk Vedatoğulları played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Renan Medeiros in the 11th minute of play. In the 13thth minute of the game Wilfried Zaha who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ✪ XV de Umarizal's Rafa Pitta was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Rafa Pitta got control of the ball when Dries Mertens tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Dries Mertens came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the A.C Barak 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 Dries Mertens couldn't finish the play. Rafa Pitta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilfried Zaha in the 17th minute of play. Göktürk Vedatoğulları made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodrigo Nestor in the 20th minute of play. After having played for 23 minutes, Abdulkerim Bardakçı managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. A.C Barak's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abdulkerim Bardakçı was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Ahmet Bülent Ruhi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rafa Pitta was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. 27 minutes into the match, Dries Mertens had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rafa Pitta. ✪ XV de Umarizal's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dries Mertens was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After 30 minutes, João Adolfo Simão mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ✪ XV de Umarizal and the A.C Barak players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to ✪ XV de Umarizal getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. João Adolfo Simão hit a great ball. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind ✪ XV de Umarizal's goalkeeper Rafa Pitta, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Abdulkerim Bardakçı kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Alan Messias hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Ahmet Kağan Türkol's shot from long distance in the 37th minute was not bad at all, but ✪ XV de Umarizal's Rafa Pitta knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. Rafa Pitta didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 38th minute, which inside left pole to 2-1. Abdulkerim Bardakçı sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kauan Pires to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Kauan Pires sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Göktürk Vedatoğulları narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Rodrigo Nestor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tiago Gabriel Mineiro kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Rafa Pitta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Bülent Ruhi in the 66th minute of the match. If David Sanchez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rafa Pitta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmet Bülent Ruhi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rafa Pitta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilfried Zaha, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. After some careless play in the ✪ XV de Umarizal defense, Dries Mertens kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rafa Pitta. The ✪ XV de Umarizal fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rafa Pitta should have stopped the shot. Ahmet Bülent Ruhi's late challenge caught a ✪ XV de Umarizal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ahmet Bülent Ruhi helped the player get up and apologised. Ahmet Bülent Ruhi kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. In the 78thth minute of the game Dries Mertens who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ✪ XV de Umarizal's Rafa Pitta was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Kauan Pires came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the ✪ XV de Umarizal 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 Kauan Pires couldn't finish the play. A.C Barak's Göktürk Vedatoğulları played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Nestor in the 90th minute of play. A collision led to ✪ XV de Umarizal getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Luiz Guilherme Mendes hit a great ball. Rafa Pitta came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by A.C Barak's Wilfried Zaha. But to his dismay, Wilfried Zaha quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. There was no doubt that A.C Barak were the better team. A.C Barak's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.