U23 World League

Ibarsusi Stadium
Spectators: 7742 (Terracing: 5808, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Liberto Merino made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd match minute, CİCERO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mansur Akağan to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th match minute, Spartak de Txurdi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın to maneuver through the defense. Pietro Benito came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by CİCERO's Ahmet Necdet Yunus. But to his dismay, Ahmet Necdet Yunus quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 14th match minute, Spartak de Txurdi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Alvarez to maneuver through the defense. Spartak de Txurdi's Pietro Benito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mustafa Hamit Saye in the 19th minute of play. After 20 minutes, Burç Taycan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CİCERO and the Spartak de Txurdi players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 20th match minute, CİCERO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Burç Taycan to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa Hamit Saye in the 22nd minute of play forced Spartak de Txurdi's goalkeeper Pietro Benito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Spartak de Txurdi defense, Ahmet Necdet Yunus kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pietro Benito. The Spartak de Txurdi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pietro Benito should have stopped the shot. Spartak de Txurdi's Pietro Benito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Necdet Yunus in the 31st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Horacio Hernandez in the 33rd minute of play forced CİCERO's goalkeeper Yağızalp Günden to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Spartak de Txurdi's Pietro Benito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Taner Tuğkan in the 34th minute of play. Pietro Benito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geri Zekai, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Yağızalp Günden made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Răduț in the 43rd minute of play. Pietro Benito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mustafa Hamit Saye, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Jairo Alvarez charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jairo Alvarez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of CİCERO booed when Spartak de Txurdi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jairo Alvarez 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ahmet Necdet Yunus to make the kick off. Pietro Benito made an important save on a dangerous shot by Taner Tuğkan in the 51st minute. 53 minutes into the match, Spartak de Txurdi's goalkeeper Pietro Benito had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Taner Tuğkan. After a rather tough play, CİCERO's Burç Taycan got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 56th minute, Olcay Tekdoğan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yağızalp Günden made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Răduț in the 57th minute of play. Spartak de Txurdi's Pietro Benito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Necdet Yunus in the 60th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Spartak de Txurdi's goalkeeper Pietro Benito had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Taner Tuğkan. Pietro Benito was out of position in the 64 minute of play, and Ahmet Necdet Yunus capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ahmet Necdet Yunus really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. If Alex Răduț had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pietro Benito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mustafa Hamit Saye, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Spartak de Txurdi's Pietro Benito proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Spartak de Txurdi from getting a goal against them. After 77 minutes of play, CİCERO's Mustafa Hamit Saye made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pietro Benito was left in no man's land by his defense there! In a very dangerous position, a player in Spartak de Txurdi fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 79th minute. Penalty! After 83 played minutes CİCERO got a freekick which was hit by Olcay Tekdoğan. The audience thought a goal was coming when Taner Tuğkan got free with Pietro Benito in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Spartak de Txurdi's Pietro Benito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mustafa Hamit Saye in the 95th minute of play. When Ahmet Necdet Yunus came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the CİCERO fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ahmet Necdet Yunus couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded CİCERO left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Spartak de Txurdi.