U23 World League

Smyrna
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Artun Kaçan took the kick off in the first half of the match. OldHighburyInvincibles's Frank Di Cristofaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sermet Yalgın in the 4th minute of play. Frank Di Cristofaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mustafa Anıl Ruknettin, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Sonny Alén took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Donato Carosella, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frank Di Cristofaro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sermet Yalgın in the 11th minute. In the 13th minute, Artun Kaçan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bornova fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Frank Di Cristofaro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Artun Kaçan in the 19th minute. Frank Di Cristofaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sermet Yalgın in the 26th minute of play. Frank Di Cristofaro was a little too slow when Artun Kaçan got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 27th minute. The score was now 4-0. 30 minutes into the match, Bornova's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuele Monzeglio came free, but Sonny Alén reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 32 minutes into the game, Sermet Yalgın recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Frank Di Cristofaro. Sermet Yalgın showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 5-0. With an all-out effort, Bornova's Frank Di Cristofaro threw himself towards the right post 34 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Artun Kaçan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 36 minutes of play, Bornova's Artun Kaçan made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Frank Di Cristofaro was left in no man's land by his defense there! 41 minutes into the match, OldHighburyInvincibles's goalkeeper Frank Di Cristofaro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sermet Yalgın. In the 42nd minute, Bornova's Artun Kaçan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Frank Di Cristofaro. Frank Di Cristofaro yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 7-0. After a rather tough play, Bornova's Vedat Arabacıoğlu got a free kick in the 48th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 7-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Donato Carosella made a kick off. In the 51st match minute, OldHighburyInvincibles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armin Madonna to maneuver through the defense. Artun Kaçan took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Frank Di Cristofaro. Frank Di Cristofaro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. 58 minutes into the game, Bornova's Artun Kaçan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Frank Di Cristofaro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 10-0. After some careless play in the OldHighburyInvincibles defense, Artun Kaçan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Frank Di Cristofaro. The OldHighburyInvincibles fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Frank Di Cristofaro should have stopped the shot. OldHighburyInvincibles's Frank Di Cristofaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Şeref Onatkan in the 65th minute of play. After a rather tough play, OldHighburyInvincibles's Amos Arcangeli got a free kick in the 66th minute. Mümtazer Yelesen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Frank Di Cristofaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artun Kaçan in the 69th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the game, Artun Kaçan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 12-0. Frank Di Cristofaro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 73rd minute, Armin Madonna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fahrettin Uçhan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Frank Di Cristofaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artun Kaçan in the 76th minute of play. A collision led to OldHighburyInvincibles getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Armando Fabiani hit a great ball. Frank Di Cristofaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fahrettin Uçhan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 83rd minute, Artun Kaçan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bornova fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 13-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa Anıl Ruknettin in the 87th minute of play forced OldHighburyInvincibles's goalkeeper Frank Di Cristofaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Frank Di Cristofaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Şeref Onatkan in the 89th minute of the match. OldHighburyInvincibles's Frank Di Cristofaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sermet Yalgın in the 91st minute of play. Frank Di Cristofaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artun Kaçan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 92 played minutes OldHighburyInvincibles got a freekick which was hit by Amos Arcangeli. After 94th play minutes Artun Kaçan shot 14-0, a short shot which went by Frank Di Cristofaro and just under the crossbar into goal. After having played for 97 minutes, Sermet Yalgın managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bornova's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sermet Yalgın was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Bornova had played much better football throughout.