U23 World League

Northside Stadium
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Los Guacho Pistola's Baltasar Leobardo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With an all-out effort, North Port UTD's Marcos Brizuela threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ercan Şerif, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Los Guacho Pistola's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ferid İlican was slow to take the kick. During this time North Port UTD's players had a chance to rest. Ferid İlican made a great header on North Port UTD's corner, it was just that Los Guacho Pistola's Marcos Brizuela managed to reach the ball for a save. After 5 played minutes Los Guacho Pistola got a freekick which was hit by Serafino Pio. Marcos Brizuela came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by North Port UTD's Ercan Şerif. But to his dismay, Ercan Şerif quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. 14 minutes into the match, Los Guacho Pistola's goal looked a bit too open when Deniz Hasanbeyli came free, but Marcos Brizuela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Los Guacho Pistola's Marcos Brizuela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ercan Şerif in the 20th minute of play. In the 20th minute Ercan Şerif shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Brizuela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ercan Şerif received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Marcos Brizuela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ercan Şerif blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marcos Brizuela having to make a save. Ercan Şerif was extremely unlucky when he, in the 36th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After 38 played minutes North Port UTD got a freekick which was hit by Erbatur Başoğlu. Los Guacho Pistola were furious when Gogo Txaran was red carded, 40 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 40th minute, Gogo Txaran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferid İlican in the 41st minute of play forced Los Guacho Pistola's goalkeeper Marcos Brizuela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Deniz Hasanbeyli was the one to do the kick off. Baltasar Leobardo hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After 69 played minutes North Port UTD got a freekick which was hit by Demir Rebi. Marcos Brizuela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deniz Hasanbeyli in the 75th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Freddy Chan during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 77th match minute, Los Guacho Pistola was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Freddy Chan to maneuver through the defense. Marcos Brizuela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deniz Hasanbeyli in the 90th minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Baldomiro Orlin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcos Brizuela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferid İlican, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. North Port UTD's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.