U23 World League

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Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) 2 minutes into the match, Florida Gulf Coast's goal looked a bit too open when Yavuz-Sultan Selim came free, but Lucio Geofredo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 3rd match minute, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Habib Yağmurdereli to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th minute, Benigno Gartzen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lucio Geofredo was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from İzzet İncirli. After a rather tough play, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu's Yıldırım Beyazit got a free kick in the 9th minute. After 11 played minutes Florida Gulf Coast got a freekick which was hit by Benigno Gartzen. 18 minutes into the match, Florida Gulf Coast's goalkeeper Lucio Geofredo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yavuz-Sultan Selim. Lucio Geofredo made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Muhammet Uğurlubay sent off a good shot on target. After 28 minutes of play, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu's Karadeniz Sekib made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucio Geofredo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Through an outstanding action, after 31 minutes, Lucio Geofredo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Florida Gulf Coast's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. İzzet İncirli was slow to take the kick. During this time Osmanlı İmparatorluğu's players had a chance to rest. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu's İzzet İncirli was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lucio Geofredo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 38 minutes into the match, Yavuz-Sultan Selim dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lucio Geofredo, 2-0. In the 42ndth minute of the game Ivan Tavio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Osmanlı İmparatorluğu's Sultan Mustafa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 43rd minute, Karadeniz Sekib reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lucio Geofredo. The goal made the score 3-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Yavuz-Sultan Selim made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu's goal looked a bit too open when Constantino Seguinus came free, but Sultan Mustafa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sultan Mustafa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nestor Inko in the 53rd minute of play. Constantino Seguinus recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sertel Yasun's late challenge caught a Florida Gulf Coast's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sertel Yasun helped the player get up and apologised. Sertel Yasun kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. In the 64th minute Constantino Seguinus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sultan Mustafa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Muhammet Uğurlubay took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lucio Geofredo. Lucio Geofredo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Lucio Geofredo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yavuz-Sultan Selim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes into the match, Florida Gulf Coast's goal looked a bit too open when Karadeniz Sekib came free, but Lucio Geofredo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 81st minute of the match Osmanlı İmparatorluğu got a corner. Florida Gulf Coast's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. İzzet İncirli ran over to the corner to take the kick. Florida Gulf Coast's Lucio Geofredo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yavuz-Sultan Selim in the 84th minute of play. With his leg Sultan Mustafa managed to avoid a goal in the 86thth minute, when Florida Gulf Coast's Ivan Tavio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Constantino Seguinus kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Lucio Geofredo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yavuz-Sultan Selim in the 90th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Constantino Seguinus in the 92nd minute of play forced Osmanlı İmparatorluğu's goalkeeper Sultan Mustafa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Muhammet Uğurlubay might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lucio Geofredo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Muhammet Uğurlubay ran back to his position shaking his head. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Florida Gulf Coast for a fine match.