U23 World League

Sami Zübeyr Arena
Spectators: 7968 (Terracing: 5977, Seating: 1833, VIP seats: 158) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lisa De Cat started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Lisa De Cat notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC Maci -MM-'s Adolfo Abar. Adolfo Abar was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Adolfo Abar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adelino Lima, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adolfo Abar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adelino Lima in the 12th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Lisa De Cat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adolfo Abar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Bouzon made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Mac Allister sent off a good shot on target. Mac Allister's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but David Bouzon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. Lisa De Cat might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adolfo Abar. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lisa De Cat ran back to his position shaking his head. Adolfo Abar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lisa De Cat in the 32nd minute of play. The throw-in from Alto Jering in the 36th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC Maci -MM-'s Hortêncio Curvelo. Adolfo Abar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lisa De Cat in the 38th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mac Allister was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Lisa De Cat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adolfo Abar was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. Alto Jering made in the 61st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FC Maci -MM-'s Hortêncio Curvelo. Per Eliasson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Adolfo Abar made a huge save. In the 67th minute, Mac Allister 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. FC Maci -MM-'s Adolfo Abar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save FC Maci -MM- from getting a goal against them. With an all-out effort, The Heren Istarion's Adolfo Abar threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Per Eliasson, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Through an outstanding action, after 78 minutes, Adolfo Abar successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zlatan Speed in the 87th minute of play forced FC Maci -MM-'s goalkeeper Adolfo Abar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adelino Lima in the 89th minute of play forced FC Maci -MM-'s goalkeeper Adolfo Abar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes into the match, FC Maci -MM-'s goalkeeper Adolfo Abar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zlatan Speed. Adolfo Abar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zlatan Speed, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. The Heren Istarion's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.