U23 World League

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 7301 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1564, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Betinho Arce made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute Betinho Arce shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yağızalp Özerkmen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Los Tatangelos's goalkeeper Yağızalp Özerkmen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Compugraf's Igor Ramos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hüseyin Can Timurkan in the 10th minute of play. After 13 minutes Compugraf's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gaffar Gülsoy who took care of the corner kick. A well done corner resulted in Ümit Durukan drilling the ball in to score 1-0 behind Compugraf's goalkeeper. Igor Ramos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hüseyin Can Timurkan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kiko Travassos charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kiko Travassos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Kiko Travassos kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cuma Han got free with Igor Ramos in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 25 minutes into the game, Compugraf's Betinho Arce nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yağızalp Özerkmen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. 32 minutes into the match, Betinho Arce notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Los Tatangelos's Yağızalp Özerkmen. Yağızalp Özerkmen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Igor Ramos came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by Los Tatangelos's Ümit Durukan. But to his dismay, Ümit Durukan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. In the 45th minute, Betinho Arce ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yağızalp Özerkmen was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hüseyin Can Timurkan was the one to do the kick off. Igor Ramos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cuma Han, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kléberson Lara kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Igor Ramos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hüseyin Can Timurkan in the 53rd minute of play. Betinho Arce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Los Tatangelos's Yağızalp Özerkmen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Los Tatangelos from getting a goal against them. Igor Ramos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ümit Durukan in the 64th minute of play. Júlio Neves hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Igor Ramos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hüseyin Can Timurkan went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-4 was the resulting score. Yağızalp Özerkmen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Betinho Arce went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-5 was the resulting score. Betinho Arce recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cuma Han fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Ramos having to interfere. 79 minutes into the match, Ümit Durukan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Igor Ramos. Compugraf's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ümit Durukan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-5. Yağızalp Özerkmen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Betinho Arce, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Igor Ramos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ümit Durukan in the 87th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hüseyin Can Timurkan in the 88th minute of play forced Compugraf's goalkeeper Igor Ramos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Ümit Durukan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Los Tatangelos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-5. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Los Tatangelos fully deserved thier win.