U23 World League

Presidente Zezão
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Christiano Ferraz made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of HORIZZONT booed when Romando Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramiro Brito didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 5th minute of the match HORIZZONT got a corner. Romando Futebol Clube's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yaşar Akbuğ ran over to the corner to take the kick. The supporters of HORIZZONT booed when Romando Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hélio Fernandez didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of HORIZZONT booed when Romando Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christiano Ferraz didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 15 minutes of play, HORIZZONT's Arif Babürşah made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Clemente Hermes was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to HORIZZONT getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Mirza Yazargil hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Romando Futebol Clube's zone, Rahim Sidam stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Clemente Hermes came out of the goal and Rahim Sidam tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rüştü Recber made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elder Tróia in the 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rahim Sidam in the 38th minute of play forced Romando Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Clemente Hermes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Arif Babürşah notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Romando Futebol Clube's Clemente Hermes. Clemente Hermes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rahim Sidam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Clemente Hermes having to interfere. Christiano Ferraz hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. The supporters of Romando Futebol Clube booed when HORIZZONT was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erkut Yatuk didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rahim Sidam stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Rahim Sidam dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Clemente Hermes, 0-3. Rahim Sidam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Clemente Hermes made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Rahim Sidam sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rahim Sidam got free with Clemente Hermes in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of HORIZZONT booed when Romando Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amauri de Barros didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 67 played minutes Romando Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by Hélio Fernandez. In the 72nd minute, Amauri de Barros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 77 minutes into the match, Yaşar Akbuğ notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Romando Futebol Clube's Clemente Hermes. Clemente Hermes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 80th minute, Elder Tróia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yaşar Akbuğ in the 82nd minute of play forced Romando Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Clemente Hermes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 92 minutes into the match, HORIZZONT's goal looked a bit too open when Ramiro Brito came free, but Rüştü Recber reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, HORIZZONT's Mirza Yazargil got a free kick in the 96th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched HORIZZONT eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.