U23 World League

Ş. PÖH ERHAN KONUK
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Flavio Lucila got the match started through his kick off. Delmiro Pitin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferhan Toktahan in the 4th minute of the match. Delmiro Pitin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bayhan Uluman in the 5th minute of play. Clodio Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Narciso Ederono, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Clodio Taffarel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Everardo Sotero went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Delmiro Pitin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferhan Toktahan in the 18th minute of play. 22 minutes into the game, Yakut Bilgehan threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cervezanegra A.C.'s Mariano Raulo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 23rd match minute, POZANTI SPOR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Behram Çubukcu to maneuver through the defense. When Mariano Raulo fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cervezanegra A.C.'s protests and gave Mariano Raulo a yellow card for diving instead. With an all-out effort, POZANTI SPOR's Delmiro Pitin threw himself towards the right post 27 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bayhan Uluman, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Narciso Ederono hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, POZANTI SPOR's Seçkin Yaver got a free kick in the 31st minute. Felix Tirso took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 31st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Clodio Taffarel. POZANTI SPOR's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Narciso Ederono hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dries Mertens received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Delmiro Pitin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Flavio Lucila might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Clodio Taffarel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Flavio Lucila ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Everardo Sotero's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clodio Taffarel was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Seçkin Yaver kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. 44 minutes into the match, POZANTI SPOR's goal looked a bit too open when Flavio Lucila came free, but Clodio Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bayhan Uluman to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Flavio Lucila's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clodio Taffarel was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. Yakut Bilgehan kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. When Dries Mertens fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored POZANTI SPOR's protests and gave Dries Mertens a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to POZANTI SPOR getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Dries Mertens hit a great ball. POZANTI SPOR's Clodio Taffarel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save POZANTI SPOR from getting a goal against them. Everardo Sotero scored 0-2 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Clodio Taffarel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flavio Lucila in the 63rd minute of play forced POZANTI SPOR's goalkeeper Clodio Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. POZANTI SPOR's defense didn't have a chance, in the 63rd minute, when Flavio Lucila scored to the left of an out of position Clodio Taffarel, making the score, 0-3. In the 65th match minute, Cervezanegra A.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Tirso to maneuver through the defense. Cervezanegra A.C.'s Fabricio Cordario was substituted for Narciso Ederono. Felix Tirso hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. With a little luck, POZANTI SPOR's Clodio Taffarel got control of the ball when Flavio Lucila tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cervezanegra A.C. made a substitution. Cosme Indartsu replaced Mariano Raulo. After 74 played minutes Cervezanegra A.C. got a freekick which was hit by Fabricio Cordario. Delmiro Pitin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bayhan Uluman in the 79th minute of play. If Clemente Olentzaro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 82nd minute Bayhan Uluman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delmiro Pitin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, POZANTI SPOR's Rıfat Kainat got a free kick in the 83rd minute. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Flavio Lucila sped through POZANTI SPOR's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Clodio Taffarel. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marco Jax got free with Clodio Taffarel in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tiburcio Llorian could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Clodio Taffarel made a huge save. Fabricio Cordario received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Clodio Taffarel came out and tried to block the shot, but Fabricio Cordario slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 92nd minute.