U18 World League

Meydangücü Arena
Spectators: 7436 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 10) Rony Vargas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 5 minutes of play, Tʂ MҽყԃαɳGüƈü Ⓢ③⑤'s Ataman Uraza made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Léo Pires was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Tʂ MҽყԃαɳGüƈü Ⓢ③⑤'s Yusuf Ziya Özkan got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 16th minute, Ruhi Sulasi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Léo Pires. The goal made the score 3-0. Léo Pires showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruhi Sulasi, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 21st minute of the match Tʂ MҽყԃαɳGüƈü Ⓢ③⑤ got a corner. Xurupita FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Güner Kabadayı ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 25 played minutes Tʂ MҽყԃαɳGüƈü Ⓢ③⑤ got a freekick which was hit by Bayındır Aker. Metin Aktaş took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amauri Quintal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Ruhi Sulasi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Léo Pires was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Léo Pires showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruhi Sulasi in the 32nd minute of the match. Metin Aktaş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amauri Quintal in the 35th minute of play. Ataman Uraza might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Léo Pires. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ataman Uraza ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 37th minute, Jaime Leal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Xurupita FC's Léo Pires played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ataman Uraza in the 40th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruhi Sulasi in the 41st minute of play forced Xurupita FC's goalkeeper Léo Pires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ataman Uraza was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st match minute, Xurupita FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonel Quirino to maneuver through the defense. Xurupita FC's Léo Pires played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruhi Sulasi in the 54th minute of play. When Ataman Uraza fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tʂ MҽყԃαɳGüƈü Ⓢ③⑤'s protests and gave Ataman Uraza a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Xurupita FC booed when Tʂ MҽყԃαɳGüƈü Ⓢ③⑤ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ataman Uraza didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruhi Sulasi in the 65th minute of play forced Xurupita FC's goalkeeper Léo Pires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Xurupita FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ataman Uraza came free, but Léo Pires reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nestor Lara's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Metin Aktaş firmly grabbed it by the left post. Ataman Uraza was shown his second yellow card after 78 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 79 played minutes Tʂ MҽყԃαɳGüƈü Ⓢ③⑤ got a freekick which was hit by Ataman Uraza. In the 80th match minute, Tʂ MҽყԃαɳGüƈü Ⓢ③⑤ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ataman Uraza to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Jaime Leal in the 94th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Tʂ MҽყԃαɳGüƈü Ⓢ③⑤'s Cihan Çanak. In the 95th match minute, Xurupita FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Bittencourt to maneuver through the defense. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Tʂ MҽყԃαɳGüƈü Ⓢ③⑤ had played much better football throughout.