U23 World League

CAN ERZURUM ARENA
Spectators: 7578 (Terracing: 5684, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mauri Icardi started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauri Icardi in the 2nd minute of play forced Halcon Sport 69's goalkeeper Tabby Leceta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 10 played minutes Halcon Sport 69 got a freekick which was hit by Guillelmo Zotillo. Tabby Leceta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ahmet İlke Akbayrak went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Ferrando Ferreira's late challenge caught a CAN ERZURUM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ferrando Ferreira helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of CAN ERZURUM booed when Halcon Sport 69 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ferrando Ferreira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Halcon Sport 69's Tabby Leceta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Halcon Sport 69 from getting a goal against them. In the 15th minute, Jon Autran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th minute, CAN ERZURUM's Mauri Icardi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tabby Leceta. Tabby Leceta yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Tabby Leceta made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aytekin Tardu in the 22nd minute. Tabby Leceta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauri Icardi in the 26th minute of the match. Mauri Icardi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tabby Leceta came out and tried to block the shot, but Mauri Icardi slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 28th minute. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Mauri Icardi put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Tabby Leceta. In the 38th minute, Mauri Icardi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Tabby Leceta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauri Icardi in the 43rd minute of the match. Blai Peinador charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Blai Peinador the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of CAN ERZURUM booed when Halcon Sport 69 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Blai Peinador didn't get a good kick on the ball. Guillelmo Zotillo's late challenge caught a CAN ERZURUM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guillelmo Zotillo helped the player get up and apologised. After 46 played minutes Halcon Sport 69 got a freekick which was hit by Guillelmo Zotillo. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Maureo Magdalena was the one to do the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jeremy Montero during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jeremy Montero hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. 54 minutes into the game, CAN ERZURUM's Ahmet İlke Akbayrak nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tabby Leceta made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Tabby Leceta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ahmet İlke Akbayrak went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. In the 60th minute Bilgin Yenisey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tabby Leceta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute, Mauri Icardi made a precise shot to the right of Tabby Leceta. Halcon Sport 69's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maureo Magdalena in the 69th minute of play forced CAN ERZURUM's goalkeeper Türkeş Teber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ümit Zeren kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. After 76 minutes of play Halcon Sport 69's Ferrando Ferreira was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Halcon Sport 69's Ferrando Ferreira got a free kick in the 77th minute. After 82 minutes of play, CAN ERZURUM's Bilgin Yenisey made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tabby Leceta was left in no man's land by his defense there! 85 minutes into the game, Mauri Icardi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-0. Tabby Leceta was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to CAN ERZURUM getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Ümit Zeren hit a great ball. 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. CAN ERZURUM fully deserved thier win.