U23 World League

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Spectators: 8200 (Terracing: 6150, Seating: 1886, VIP seats: 164) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tarkan Demirci made the kick off which started today's match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tarkan Demirci got free with Hugo Araya in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 6 played minutes KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter got a freekick which was hit by Zé Pedro Reis. After 8 played minutes, Nacional's Maurinho Arruda shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gunnar Bennet 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 Nacional reached it. In the 13th minute KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter were awarded a corner. Mehmet Akif Peyami went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olgierd Mnich in the 18th minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Hugo Araya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hugo Araya made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Tarkan Demirci sent off a good shot on target. Hugo Araya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olgierd Mnich in the 22nd minute of the match. When Nacional's Joel Soldevila in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's goalie prevented a goal. KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's Gunnar Bennet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Soldevila in the 26th minute of play. In the 30th minute, Joel Soldevila 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. After a defensive mix-up in KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's zone, Joel Soldevila stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gunnar Bennet came out of the goal and Joel Soldevila tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Oğuzer Yükselir charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Oğuzer Yükselir the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Oğuzer Yükselir kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's Gunnar Bennet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Soldevila in the 41st minute of play. Nacional were awarded a corner in the 42th minute after KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Maurinho Arruda took the corner. Joel Soldevila recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 46 minutes into the match, Nacional's goal looked a bit too open when Olgierd Mnich came free, but Hugo Araya reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joel Soldevila made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Tarkan Demirci managed to get in a good position for a shot. KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's supporters rose to their feet, but Tarkan Demirci was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hugo Araya breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 53 minutes into the match, Nacional's goal looked a bit too open when Olgierd Mnich came free, but Hugo Araya reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Joel Soldevila's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gunnar Bennet was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. 65 minutes into the match, Joel Soldevila had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gunnar Bennet. KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Soldevila was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Olgierd Mnich hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 70th minute, Veysel Terzi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. In the 80th match minute, KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olgierd Mnich to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter defense, Joel Soldevila kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gunnar Bennet. The KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gunnar Bennet should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Nacional getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Mikel Bascones hit a great ball. Nacional's Hugo Araya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Veysel Terzi in the 90th minute of play. KuZeYYıLDıZı Cheat Hunter were awarded a corner in the 92th minute after Nacional's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Zvonko Subotić took the corner. Gunnar Bennet didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Soldevila went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score.