U23 World League

Arena Umarizal
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nusrettin Tuğkan made the kick off which started today's match. Remo Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teoman Suel, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Rüknettin Demirbaş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from James Rodrigues, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 6th match minute, Kültepe Spor Kulübü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gökcan Özakan to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute of the match Valdo Vergílio shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rüknettin Demirbaş showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of ✪ XV de Umarizal booed when Kültepe Spor Kulübü was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nusrettin Tuğkan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nusrettin Tuğkan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Remo Amaral having to interfere. In the 18th minute James Rodrigues shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rüknettin Demirbaş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Lucas Moura notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Kültepe Spor Kulübü's Rüknettin Demirbaş. Rüknettin Demirbaş was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Korhan Balıkçıoğlu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kültepe Spor Kulübü's supporters rose to their feet, but Korhan Balıkçıoğlu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Remo Amaral breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rüknettin Demirbaş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodrigo Nestor in the 28th minute of play. In the 37th minute Zekeriya Ulubay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remo Amaral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rüknettin Demirbaş was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Rodrigo Nestor showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 42 minute of play. Remo Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gökcan Özakan in the 46th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for James Rodrigues to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Abdulbaki Aktaş's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Remo Amaral was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 53rd minute, Kültepe Spor Kulübü's Gökcan Özakan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Remo Amaral. Remo Amaral yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. Valdo Vergílio kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 57th minute, Kültepe Spor Kulübü's Gökcan Özakan dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by James Rodrigues in the 66th minute of play forced Kültepe Spor Kulübü's goalkeeper Rüknettin Demirbaş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Lucas Moura managed to get in a good position for a shot. ✪ XV de Umarizal's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucas Moura was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rüknettin Demirbaş breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rüknettin Demirbaş took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from James Rodrigues, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zekeriya Ulubay's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Remo Amaral firmly grabbed it by the left post. 75 minutes into the game, Rodrigo Nestor cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Rüknettin Demirbaş was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 91 minutes into the match, Rodrigo Nestor had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rüknettin Demirbaş. Kültepe Spor Kulübü's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rodrigo Nestor was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. Remo Amaral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gökcan Özakan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. For all the effort they put into the match, the Kültepe Spor Kulübü players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for ✪ XV de Umarizal.