U23 World League

Gazze arena
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Wolf's Geovanni Cordeiro 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. Yıldıray Kudsi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmundo Catarinense having to interfere. After 6 played minutes Sadikköy Erdoğan FK got a freekick which was hit by Yıldıray Kudsi. 9 minutes into the match, Hortêncio Fantini notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's Abdi Saygın Birhan. Abdi Saygın Birhan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Wolf's Geovanni Cordeiro got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 14th minute, Hortêncio Fantini ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abdi Saygın Birhan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Abdi Mehmet Kayaer kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Edmundo Catarinense. That made the score 1-2 in the 20 minute of play. Edmundo Catarinense made an important save on a dangerous shot by Natalio Ferman in the 25th minute. 30 minutes into the match, Elói Guerra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abdi Saygın Birhan. Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elói Guerra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Abdi Saygın Birhan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hortêncio Fantini went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Abdi Saygın Birhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseu Teixeira in the 37th minute of the match. Abdi Saygın Birhan came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Wolf's Elói Guerra. But to his dismay, Elói Guerra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. In the 44th minute, Elói Guerra left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Wolf fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-6.

The wind increased when Yıldıray Kudsi made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's Abdi Saygın Birhan got control of the ball when Eliseu Teixeira tried to sneak it across the goal line. Wolf's Edmundo Catarinense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Natalio Ferman in the 57th minute of play. Geovanni Cordeiro scored 1-7 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abdi Saygın Birhan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hortêncio Fantini hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Abdi Saygın Birhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hortêncio Fantini, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Ertunç Mücahit's late challenge caught a Wolf's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ertunç Mücahit helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th match minute, Sadikköy Erdoğan FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ertunç Mücahit to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovanni Cordeiro in the 68th minute of play forced Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's goalkeeper Abdi Saygın Birhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the game, Göksel Cihanser was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Wolf the free kick. A collision led to Sadikköy Erdoğan FK getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Göksel Cihanser hit a great ball. Abdi Saygın Birhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geovanni Cordeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 75th minute Elói Guerra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdi Saygın Birhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th minute, Yıldıray Kudsi made a precise shot to the right of Edmundo Catarinense. Wolf's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-8. In the 91st minute Hortêncio Fantini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdi Saygın Birhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 93 minutes into the game, when Göksel Cihanser put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 92nd minute of the game. One of Sadikköy Erdoğan FK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Wolf:s goal. In the 96th minute, Hortêncio Fantini reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Abdi Saygın Birhan. The goal made the score 2-9.