U23 World League

COLISEO PATAGONICO
Spectators: 8360 (Terracing: 6334, Seating: 1865, VIP seats: 161) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tarık Sehhar made the kick off which started today's match. LOI's Abelardo Lesardo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save LOI from getting a goal against them. Abelardo Lesardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Collen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abelardo Lesardo didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when C.A Huracan's Marcos Sabino shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Francisco-Javier Campo hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dave Basso got free with Abelardo Lesardo in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, LOI's Abelardo Lesardo got control of the ball when Dave Basso tried to sneak it across the goal line. Carl Sagan kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Babür Gürgen managed to get in a good position for a shot. LOI's supporters rose to their feet, but Babür Gürgen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sven Skark breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Carl Sagan took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 29th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Abelardo Lesardo. LOI's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. C.A Huracan's Francisco-Javier Campo managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Battal Gazi Rehber in the 31 minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Dave Basso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abelardo Lesardo was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Agustin Dantae kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. In the 38th match minute, C.A Huracan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carl Sagan to maneuver through the defense. In the 38th minute of the match Hikmet Şafakgün shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sven Skark showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 40th match minute, LOI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Metin Semi to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rd minute, Babür Gürgen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LOI fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Sabino in the 47th minute of play forced LOI's goalkeeper Abelardo Lesardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dave Basso to make the kick off. The throw-in from Carl Sagan in the 51st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by LOI's Battal Gazi Rehber. Dave Basso's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Abelardo Lesardo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. In the 58th minute Dave Basso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Lesardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, LOI's goal looked a bit too open when Dave Basso came free, but Abelardo Lesardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. LOI's Abelardo Lesardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dave Basso in the 62nd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, C.A Huracan's goal looked a bit too open when Babür Gürgen came free, but Sven Skark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sven Skark had great luck who in the 65thth minute grab hold of the ball when Babür Gürgen from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. LOI's Abelardo Lesardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Sabino in the 66th minute of play. LOI's Rickard Thidén was substituted for Babür Gürgen. After some careless play in the LOI defense, Dave Basso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Abelardo Lesardo. The LOI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Abelardo Lesardo should have stopped the shot. LOI's Alp Yaşar was substituted for Faruk Bucuklu. Abelardo Lesardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcos Sabino, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 84 minutes into the match, LOI's goal looked a bit too open when Dave Basso came free, but Abelardo Lesardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abelardo Lesardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dave Basso, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Sven Skark didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rickard Thidén went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 92nd minute Fabián Di Maria shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Lesardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.