U23 World League

İSTANBUL İNÖNÜ STADI
Spectators: 7462 (Terracing: 5597, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Ulisses da Mata started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goal looked a bit too open when Onur Ali Zülfikar came free, but José Maria Pontes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, AYYILDIZ's Gencer Honazlı got a free kick in the 4th minute. Bektaş Ali Enginalp made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emirhan Sultani in the 5th minute of play. With a little luck, COURO COME FC's José Maria Pontes got control of the ball when Haydar Kılıçaslan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bektaş Ali Enginalp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulisses da Mata in the 8th minute of the match. Şadi Yücelen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but José Maria Pontes made a huge save. AYYILDIZ's Bektaş Ali Enginalp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bata Palma in the 11th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Ulisses da Mata had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bektaş Ali Enginalp. AYYILDIZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ulisses da Mata was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Onur Ali Zülfikar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Maria Pontes having to interfere. José Maria Pontes came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by AYYILDIZ's Onur Ali Zülfikar. But to his dismay, Onur Ali Zülfikar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. 24 minutes into the match, AYYILDIZ's goal looked a bit too open when Ulisses da Mata came free, but Bektaş Ali Enginalp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to COURO COME FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Murilo Mineiro hit a great ball. Bektaş Ali Enginalp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ulisses da Mata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, AYYILDIZ's José Maria Pontes threw himself towards the right post 38 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Onur Ali Zülfikar, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Emirhan Sultani took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bektaş Ali Enginalp. Bektaş Ali Enginalp dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2.

The wind increased when Onur Ali Zülfikar made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of AYYILDIZ booed when COURO COME FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zé Carlos de Queiroz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th minute, Emirhan Sultani fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Emílio Jacinto hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute, Bata Palma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 68 played minutes, AYYILDIZ's Muammer Adalı shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper José Maria Pontes came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in AYYILDIZ reached it. In the 70th match minute, AYYILDIZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gencer Honazlı to maneuver through the defense. José Maria Pontes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nadir Kayan, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. COURO COME FC's José Maria Pontes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nadir Kayan in the 75th minute of play. In the 78th match minute, AYYILDIZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nadir Kayan to maneuver through the defense. Gedson Fernandes kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Bata Palma's late challenge caught a AYYILDIZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bata Palma helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, COURO COME FC's Bata Palma got a free kick in the 82nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulisses da Mata in the 90th minute of play forced AYYILDIZ's goalkeeper Bektaş Ali Enginalp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of COURO COME FC booed when AYYILDIZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yıldırım Yaman didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience cheered loudly when José Pedro da Fonseca's long shot in the 93rd minute became 1-3 when the ball went to the left of and passed Bektaş Ali Enginalp. The AYYILDIZ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. COURO COME FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.