U18 World League

▐►◄Ottoman Empire►◄▌
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pedrão Saldanha took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some careless play in the ŦɚȠɚʁ ɃȃҤ₠ ►eryx◄™ defense, Christiano Alves kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Abdulkerim Gazzal. The ŦɚȠɚʁ ɃȃҤ₠ ►eryx◄™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Abdulkerim Gazzal should have stopped the shot. In the 9th match minute, ŦɚȠɚʁ ɃȃҤ₠ ►eryx◄™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Remzi Gariboğlu to maneuver through the defense. Abdulkerim Gazzal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christiano Alves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, CA Portugália's Celso Negri got a free kick in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute Yüksel Beysun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Álvaro Zanette saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdulkerim Gazzal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruy Machado in the 27th minute of the match. Celso Negri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdulkerim Gazzal having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, one of CA Portugália:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for CA Portugália. When the match had been going on for 35 minutes, ŦɚȠɚʁ ɃȃҤ₠ ►eryx◄™'s Günalp Bülbül got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Álvaro Zanette. In the 43rd minute, Ayvaz Kaçan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Álvaro Zanette. The goal made the score 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Yüksel Beysun was the one to do the kick off. If Angelo Senna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Álvaro Zanette showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ayvaz Kaçan in the 56th minute of the match. In the 57th match minute, CA Portugália was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christiano Alves to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in CA Portugália's zone, Remzi Gariboğlu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Álvaro Zanette came out of the goal and Remzi Gariboğlu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of ŦɚȠɚʁ ɃȃҤ₠ ►eryx◄™ booed when CA Portugália was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Umberto Montenegro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Evandro Barros hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 64th minute Yüksel Beysun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Álvaro Zanette saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Remzi Gariboğlu hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute of the match, Christiano Alves got a very nice opportunity to score, but Abdulkerim Gazzal was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 68 played minutes CA Portugália got a freekick which was hit by Víktor Sarmento. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yüksel Beysun in the 69th minute of play forced CA Portugália's goalkeeper Álvaro Zanette to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the game, Yüksel Beysun cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Álvaro Zanette was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Abdulkerim Gazzal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christiano Alves in the 78th minute. Abdulkerim Gazzal made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Pedrão Saldanha sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yüksel Beysun in the 92nd minute of play forced CA Portugália's goalkeeper Álvaro Zanette to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yüksel Beysun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. CA Portugália's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.