U21 World League

Vila Belmiro
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Giuseppe Jewell made the kick off which started today's match. Zühtü Tamer struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. Jim Mitchell didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Trabzonspor. Bilge Kağan Doğan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Jim Mitchell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jim Mitchell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Barış Yılmaz in the 12th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Svetozar Kotzakov during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Svetozar Kotzakov kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Sherwood Franks's late challenge caught a Trabzonspor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sherwood Franks helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Trabzonspor booed when Santos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sherwood Franks didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jim Mitchell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Barış Yılmaz in the 19th minute of play. In the 21st minute, Desmond Rowell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Zühtü Tamer came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Trabzonspor 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 Zühtü Tamer couldn't finish the play. In the 28th minute Zühtü Tamer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jim Mitchell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nurkan Gürgen in the 31st minute of play forced Santos FC's goalkeeper Jim Mitchell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trabzonspor's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nurkan Gürgen in the 32nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Giuseppe Jewell kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Timur Ulum. That made the score 1-0 in the 33 minute of play. The supporters of Santos FC booed when Trabzonspor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nurkan Gürgen didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Trabzonspor fans' excitement grew in the 41st match minute when Trabzonspor's Barış Yılmaz looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zühtü Tamer stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Bilge Kağan Doğan notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Santos FC's Jim Mitchell. Jim Mitchell was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 55th match minute, Santos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leon Burr to maneuver through the defense. 62 minutes into the game, Desmond Rowell cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Timur Ulum was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Timur Ulum showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giuseppe Jewell, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Timur Ulum showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giuseppe Jewell, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Bilge Kağan Doğan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Santos FC's Jim Mitchell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zühtü Tamer in the 72nd minute of play. Zühtü Tamer did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-3 to the left of a surprised Jim Mitchell 72 minutes into the match. Timur Ulum showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giuseppe Jewell, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After some careless play in the Trabzonspor defense, Giuseppe Jewell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Timur Ulum. The Trabzonspor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Timur Ulum should have stopped the shot. When Jamar Maxwell fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Santos FC's protests and gave Jamar Maxwell a yellow card for diving instead. Barış Yılmaz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Santos FC's Jim Mitchell got control of the ball when Nurkan Gürgen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Trabzonspor were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after Santos FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nurkan Gürgen took the corner. Nurkan Gürgen made a great header on Trabzonspor's corner, it was just that Santos FC's Jim Mitchell managed to reach the ball for a save.