U23 World League

Alejandro Perez
Spectators: 7898 (Terracing: 5920, Seating: 1820, VIP seats: 158) Volvimos mejores's Eurico Lima started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Yaman Academy®'s Artemio Ixaka got a free kick in the 4th minute. Jeremias Vedillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Batuğ Resai, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 9 minutes into the game, Yaman Academy®'s Batuğ Resai nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jeremias Vedillo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, Volvimos mejores's goal looked a bit too open when Batuğ Resai came free, but Jeremias Vedillo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Yaman Academy®'s Batuğ Resai in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Volvimos mejores's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eurico Lima got free with Aristides Orzaize in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Batuğ Resai in the 16th minute of play forced Volvimos mejores's goalkeeper Jeremias Vedillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Volvimos mejores's Eurico Lima slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Aristides Orzaize. That made the score 1-1 after 18 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulino Maldini in the 23rd minute of play forced Volvimos mejores's goalkeeper Jeremias Vedillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes into the match, Volvimos mejores's goal looked a bit too open when Batuğ Resai came free, but Jeremias Vedillo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th minute, Batuğ Resai left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Yaman Academy® fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. The throw-in from Ivar Bogren in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Yaman Academy®'s Ozan Erbelgin. Jeremias Vedillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mustafa Hakan Erçelik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Volvimos mejores getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Ivar Bogren hit a great ball. Jeremias Vedillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Batuğ Resai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aristides Orzaize made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eurico Lima in the 39th minute. After 40 minutes Yaman Academy®'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lázaro Xabat who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Volvimos mejores's corner Lázaro Xabat fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Aristides Orzaize quite easily take care of the ball. Jeremias Vedillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Batuğ Resai, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. After 46 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Volvimos mejores! Jeremias Vedillo had in the 48thth minute some difficulties stopping Paulino Maldini's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Batuğ Resai made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Volvimos mejores's goal looked a bit too open when Mustafa Hakan Erçelik came free, but Jeremias Vedillo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Volvimos mejores's Efrain Fix was substituted for Baraquiel Labarra. Ivar Bogren hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Jeremias Vedillo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Batuğ Resai in the 59th minute of play. Aristides Orzaize made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Efrain Fix in the 65th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Yaman Academy®'s Batuğ Resai sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jeremias Vedillo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Aristides Orzaize took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baltasar Ursino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Efrain Fix had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jeremias Vedillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Batuğ Resai in the 79th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eurico Lima in the 88th minute of play forced Yaman Academy®'s goalkeeper Aristides Orzaize to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Ovidio Bakar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ivar Bogren made in the 93rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Carlos Cordearo. Yaman Academy®'s supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.