U21 World League

Northside Stadium
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Feliberto Palermo made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Deniz Hasanbeyli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Samuel Buinton was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Aygün Koç showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciriaco Froylan, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After 11 minutes, Rodrigo Paublo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arthur Morgan´s Club and the North Port UTD players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th minute, Rodrigo Paublo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Arthur Morgan´s Club's Samuel Buinton got control of the ball when Karhan Öktüre tried to sneak it across the goal line. Aygün Koç showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciriaco Froylan in the 19th minute of the match. Samuel Buinton made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Birkan Sarik sent off a good shot on target. Aygün Koç showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciriaco Froylan, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After 26 minutes of play, Arthur Morgan´s Club's Haroldo Etxatxu made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aygün Koç was left in no man's land by his defense there! North Port UTD's Aygün Koç played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciriaco Froylan in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th minute Feliberto Palermo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aygün Koç saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the North Port UTD defense, Ciriaco Froylan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aygün Koç. The North Port UTD fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aygün Koç should have stopped the shot. In the 36th minute, Feliberto Palermo made a precise shot to the right of Aygün Koç. North Port UTD's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. 42 minutes into the game, Arthur Morgan´s Club's Feliberto Palermo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aygün Koç made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. After a rather tough play, Arthur Morgan´s Club's Ciriaco Froylan got a free kick in the 46th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Deniz Hasanbeyli made a kick off. Ariel Etxeberri hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Rodrigo Paublo was shown his second yellow card after 53 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to Arthur Morgan´s Club getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Rodrigo Paublo hit a great ball. Samuel Buinton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Birkan Sarik, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 58th minute, Ciriaco Froylan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aygün Koç. The goal made the score 1-6. Ciriaco Froylan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Aygün Koç tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arthur Morgan´s Club's Samuel Buinton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Birkan Sarik in the 73rd minute of play. In the 76th minute, Ciriaco Froylan 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. In the 78th minute, Haroldo Etxatxu made a precise shot to the right of Aygün Koç. North Port UTD's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-8. Aygün Koç took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Feliberto Palermo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Jacobo Ranolfo fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Arthur Morgan´s Club's protests and gave Jacobo Ranolfo a yellow card for diving instead. In the 83rd minute, Jacobo Ranolfo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Birkan Sarik in the 84th minute of play forced Arthur Morgan´s Club's goalkeeper Samuel Buinton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The North Port UTD fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Arthur Morgan´s Club were clearly better and deserved to take the win.