U21 World League

Gazi Osman Paşa
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arnaldo Duarte started the match with the kick off. The throw-in from Uğur Aliyar in the 3rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Compugraf's Diego Garcia. Vahdet Tokuş charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vahdet Tokuş the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th minute, Vahdet Tokuş hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arnaldo Duarte scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Suat Şahinkan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Uğur Aliyar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 15 minutes into the game, Çınar-Eymen Turgut cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Igor Ramos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 18thth minute of the game Dudu Soares who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KAOS's Suat Şahinkan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Igor Ramos was out of position in the 21 minute of play, and Çınar-Eymen Turgut capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Çınar-Eymen Turgut really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Suat Şahinkan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnaldo Duarte in the 24th minute of play. Birkan Onat hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the KAOS defense, Dudu Soares kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Suat Şahinkan. The KAOS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Suat Şahinkan should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Compugraf's zone, Uğur Aliyar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Igor Ramos came out of the goal and Uğur Aliyar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. KAOS's Suat Şahinkan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dudu Soares in the 37th minute of play. Arnaldo Duarte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 42 minutes into the match, KAOS's goal looked a bit too open when Dudu Soares came free, but Suat Şahinkan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Igor Ramos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ekber Afşaroğlu in the 47th minute of play. Çınar-Eymen Turgut came free with the goalkeeper in the 48th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Igor Ramos could save by the left post.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Çınar-Eymen Turgut to make the kick off. After 51 played minutes Compugraf got a freekick which was hit by Pedrão Furtado. Igor Ramos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ekber Afşaroğlu in the 56th minute of play. Igor Ramos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Çınar-Eymen Turgut, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Kiko Travassos's late challenge caught a KAOS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kiko Travassos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th minute, Pedrão Furtado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute of the match Uğur Aliyar shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Igor Ramos showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Frank Sergipano kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. In the 71st minute Ekber Afşaroğlu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Ramos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Frank Sergipano hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 77th minute Alfredo Barbosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Suat Şahinkan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Suat Şahinkan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Barbosa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 83 minutes of play, Compugraf's Alfredo Barbosa made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Suat Şahinkan was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 88th minute of the match Uğur Aliyar sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Igor Ramos skillfully saved the ball. In the 94th minute, Alfredo Barbosa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Compugraf fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Compugraf eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.