U23 World League

Arena Escarlate
Spectators: 7632 (Terracing: 5725, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nicolas Anelka got the match started through his kick off. 7 minutes into the match, ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Claudinho Figueiredo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Scarlet Speedster's Abel Capixaba got a free kick in the 9th minute. Scarlet Speedster's Claudinho Figueiredo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Anelka in the 11th minute of play. Sami Merih made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonas Moreira in the 16th minute of play. In the 19th minute, John Weeke ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sami Merih was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 22nd minute, Angelo Di Maria ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sami Merih was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Enrique Valladares got free with Sami Merih in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Christopher Reeve kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Scarlet Speedster's Delfim Valadares got a free kick in the 33rd minute. In the 39th minute, John Weeke reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sami Merih. The goal made the score 5-0. 41 minutes into the match, ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goalkeeper Sami Merih had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jonas Moreira. Yavuz Bülent Soyselçuk kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

In the 52nd minute, John Weeke ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sami Merih was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. After 58 played minutes ---Atam Osmanlı--- got a freekick which was hit by Tansel Toktimur. When Scarlet Speedster's Angelo Di Maria in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goalie prevented a goal. Claudinho Figueiredo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolas Anelka in the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Angelo Di Maria in the 65th minute of play forced ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goalkeeper Sami Merih to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sami Merih showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enrique Valladares in the 66th minute of the match. In the 68th minute Angelo Di Maria shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sami Merih saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Nicolas Anelka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Claudinho Figueiredo was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by John Weeke in the 75th minute of play forced ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goalkeeper Sami Merih to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to ---Atam Osmanlı--- getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Cevher Hafi hit a great ball. In the 76th match minute, Scarlet Speedster was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enrique Valladares to maneuver through the defense. 80 minutes into the match, Delfim Valadares had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sami Merih. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Delfim Valadares was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. 83 minutes into the game, John Weeke cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-0. Sami Merih was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 86 minutes into the match, ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goal looked a bit too open when Jonas Moreira came free, but Sami Merih reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sami Merih came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Scarlet Speedster's Angelo Di Maria. But to his dismay, Angelo Di Maria quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jonas Moreira in the 92nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sami Merih prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Abel Capixaba hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Scarlet Speedster fully deserved thier win.