U23 World League

Dragons Nest
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Sliema Dragons FC's Martin Mangion 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. In the 6th minute, Julian Savona hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Olcay Şahbey took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 7th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcelo Severiano. Sliema Dragons FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Mustafa Birol Özdil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Savona in the 9th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Mangion got free with Mustafa Birol Özdil in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Julian Savona could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Mustafa Birol Özdil made a huge save. 22 minutes into the match, ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆'s goalkeeper Mustafa Birol Özdil had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Isaac Grimaud. Mustafa Birol Özdil didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 29th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. Olcay Şahbey took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 36th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcelo Severiano. Sliema Dragons FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 38 minutes, Enginalp Seyyid mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆ and the Sliema Dragons FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Isaac Grimaud got free with Mustafa Birol Özdil in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sliema Dragons FC's Martin Mangion was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 39th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. 46 minutes into the match, ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆'s goal looked a bit too open when Martin Mangion came free, but Mustafa Birol Özdil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ahmet Hafiz Nedret to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Martin Mangion had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mustafa Birol Özdil. ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Martin Mangion was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. 60 minutes into the match, ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆'s goal looked a bit too open when Martin Mangion came free, but Mustafa Birol Özdil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mustafa Birol Özdil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Mangion, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆'s Mustafa Birol Özdil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Savona in the 65th minute of play. Öztürk Koçarslanoğlu hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆'s Mustafa Birol Özdil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Mangion in the 75th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Borg in the 80th minute of play forced ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆'s goalkeeper Mustafa Birol Özdil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Martin Mangion ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mustafa Birol Özdil was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Martin Mangion's late challenge caught a ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Martin Mangion helped the player get up and apologised. Martin Mangion kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Alpertunga Tekrim took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcelo Severiano. Sliema Dragons FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Mustafa Birol Özdil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Savona in the 94th minute of the match. When the referee ended the match the Sliema Dragons FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.