U18 World League

La Ciudadela
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Esteban Bitxintxo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Balaban Felek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Fabricio Steven tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 10th minute, İskender Özbas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabricio Steven was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Fabricio Steven showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from İskender Özbas, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. If Leo Ramone had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Leo Ramone kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Osman Nuri Demir in the 19th minute of play forced San Martin de Tucuman's goalkeeper Fabricio Steven to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sümer Aral hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. After 28 played minutes San Martin de Tucuman got a freekick which was hit by Alfredo Eguerdi. 31 minutes into the match, İskender Özbas notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of San Martin de Tucuman's Fabricio Steven. Fabricio Steven was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 37th minute, San Martin de Tucuman's Esteban Bitxintxo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. Esteban Bitxintxo took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Erman Çile. Erman Çile dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Fabricio Steven showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from İskender Özbas, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

San Martin de Tucuman made a substitution. Guido Gombal replaced Leo Ramone. Esteban Bitxintxo might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Erman Çile. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Esteban Bitxintxo ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 54th minute, Sümer Aral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 54 played minutes, San Martin de Tucuman's Esteban Bitxintxo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Erman Çile came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in San Martin de Tucuman reached it. Blas Oxarra charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Blas Oxarra the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 57th minute, Blas Oxarra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erman Çile took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maximo Arotza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabricio Steven showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikail Türemen in the 69th minute of the match. San Martin de Tucuman's Fabricio Steven played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by İskender Özbas in the 74th minute of play. After a rather tough play, San Martin de Tucuman's Blas Oxarra got a free kick in the 79th minute. San Martin de Tucuman made a substitution. Victorino Servando replaced Esteban Bitxintxo. The supporters of ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆ booed when San Martin de Tucuman was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Blas Oxarra didn't get a good kick on the ball. Balaban Felek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Fabricio Steven tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erman Çile made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Astor Kepa in the 84th minute of play. After 86 played minutes San Martin de Tucuman got a freekick which was hit by Victorino Servando. ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆'s Erman Çile played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Astor Kepa in the 88th minute of play. ☆TC☆ NiCoTiN ☆TC☆'s Erman Çile played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victorino Servando in the 92nd minute of play. Erman Çile showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victorino Servando, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute.