U23 World League

Parc OL
Spectators: 7663 (Terracing: 5748, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Luis Figo kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Gothic Souls's Bahadır Yastıkcığlu got a free kick in the 4th minute. Gothic Souls's Menderes Hikmet proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Gothic Souls from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luis Figo in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rogério Pinho prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 13 minutes into the match, Gothic Souls's goal looked a bit too open when Eurico Aguiar came free, but Menderes Hikmet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Figo in the 14th minute of play forced Olympique Deleon's goalkeeper Rogério Pinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st match minute, Olympique Deleon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjamin Paraense to maneuver through the defense. Rogério Pinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Figo, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Luis Figo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rogério Pinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Figo, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Rogério Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Figo in the 31st minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, Olympique Deleon's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Figo came free, but Rogério Pinho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rogério Pinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Figo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th minute, Luis Figo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gothic Souls fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Luis Figo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rogério Pinho read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Olympique Deleon's Eurico Aguiar dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. After a defensive mix-up in Olympique Deleon's zone, Sezer İnan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rogério Pinho came out of the goal and Sezer İnan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The wind increased when Eurico Aguiar made the kick off in the second half. If Luis Figo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rogério Pinho was out of position in the 57 minute of play, and Luis Figo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Luis Figo really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. 60 minutes into the game, Sydney Motta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Olympique Deleon's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gothic Souls the free kick. After 60 played minutes Olympique Deleon got a freekick which was hit by Sydney Motta. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Xabi Alonso managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gothic Souls's supporters rose to their feet, but Xabi Alonso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rogério Pinho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Adam King kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. The throw-in from Benjamin Paraense in the 70th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gothic Souls's Wesley Sneijder. Xabi Alonso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Rogério Pinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Olympique Deleon booed when Gothic Souls was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xabi Alonso didn't get a good kick on the ball. Menderes Hikmet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eurico Aguiar in the 76th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sezer İnan in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rogério Pinho prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 80th minute, Tiaguinho de Carvalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rogério Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tugay Kerimoglu in the 80th minute of the match. If Luis Figo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rogério Pinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Figo in the 90th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Luis Figo took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Rogério Pinho to make any attempt to save it. Gothic Souls's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.