U23 World League

Potrero de Totoras
Spectators: 7733 (Terracing: 5801, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) Lions Of Turks's Namık Hafız 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. If Gerardo Edur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 9th minute, Cabbar Özkan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Gerardo Edur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Germán Burgos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arif Burak Erengüç in the 13th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Çetin Özdoru hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the U21 Totoras F.C. defense, Ozan Bekdil kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Germán Burgos. The U21 Totoras F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Germán Burgos should have stopped the shot. In the 29th minute of the game Çetin Özdoru made a throw-in which Cabbar Özkan played forward. The supporters of Lions Of Turks booed when U21 Totoras F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerardo Edur didn't get a good kick on the ball. Namık Hafız's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Germán Burgos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. A collision led to U21 Totoras F.C. getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Clemente Domeka hit a great ball. 41 minutes into the game, one of Lions Of Turks:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 43rd minute there was a penalty for U21 Totoras F.C.. Tiburcio Haimar stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Cengiz Bozbey. 1-1. The supporters of U21 Totoras F.C. booed when Lions Of Turks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artaç Ünsan didn't get a good kick on the ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Gerardo Edur made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Namık Hafız notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of U21 Totoras F.C.'s Germán Burgos. Germán Burgos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cengiz Bozbey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerardo Edur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gerardo Edur struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Cengiz Bozbey didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Totoras F.C.. In the 63rd minute, Gerardo Edur hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ozan Bekdil got free with Germán Burgos in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Namık Hafız managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lions Of Turks's supporters rose to their feet, but Namık Hafız was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Germán Burgos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerardo Edur in the 74th minute of play forced Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Cengiz Bozbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cengiz Bozbey came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Totoras F.C.'s Gerardo Edur. But to his dismay, Gerardo Edur quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Artaç Ünsan hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. 84 minutes into the match, Lions Of Turks's Namık Hafız sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Germán Burgos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Cengiz Bozbey, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cengiz Bozbey didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gerardo Edur went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Lions Of Turks's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.