U23 World League

Atatürk Stadium
Spectators: 7997 (Terracing: 5999, Seating: 1839, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Romeo Rienda got the match started through his kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Özmen Baykut in the 2nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by U.D. Mancini's Falo Saboya. Elvis Ribeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonas Bartolome in the 6th minute of play. In the 14th minute of the match U.D. Mancini got a corner. TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dagoberto Escobar ran over to the corner to take the kick. Tello Calvo was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 25th minute of the match TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™ got a corner. U.D. Mancini's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ahmed-Muhammed Enescu ran over to the corner to take the kick. Romeo Esperta tried in the 25th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Elvis Ribeiro a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Bartolome in the 30th minute of play forced U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Elvis Ribeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™'s attack was well implemented in the 32nd minute, but when Jonas Bartolome was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™ made a substitution. Kenan Yıldız replaced Jonas Bartolome. Fisnik Fart showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tello Calvo, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Elvis Ribeiro was out of position in the 39 minute of play, and 김 석 capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. 김 석 really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. After a rather tough play, U.D. Mancini's Dagoberto Escobar got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Elvis Ribeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kenan Yıldız, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The wind increased when Kenan Yıldız made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, U.D. Mancini was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ebardo Acha to maneuver through the defense. Elvis Ribeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 김 석 in the 53rd minute of play. If Kenan Yıldız had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 55 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's goal looked a bit too open when Kenan Yıldız came free, but Elvis Ribeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kenan Yıldız in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Elvis Ribeiro saved U.D. Mancini from getting behind. Kenan Yıldız sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 59th minute Kenan Yıldız shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elvis Ribeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's goal looked a bit too open when Kenan Yıldız came free, but Elvis Ribeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65th match minute, U.D. Mancini was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo Portillo to maneuver through the defense. U.D. Mancini made a substitution. Cugat Riells replaced Hugo Portillo. Hugo Portillo hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. In the 71st minute Tello Calvo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fisnik Fart saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U.D. Mancini's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dagoberto Escobar in the 73rd minute. The corner led to U.D. Mancini's Tello Calvo getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Elvis Ribeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 김 석, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 김 석 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Kenan Yıldız's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elvis Ribeiro was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Fisnik Fart made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tello Calvo in the 92nd minute of play. TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of U.D. Mancini for a fine match.