U23 World League

Arena Sandinense
Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Blue Mountain State's Zikri Akkaya 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. Tony de Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zikri Akkaya in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 8th minute, Tomás Madureira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 11 minutes into the game, Blue Mountain State's Atak Tanın nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tony de Sena made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After 16 minutes of play, Blue Mountain State's Zikri Akkaya made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tony de Sena was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 23rdth minute of the game Zikri Akkaya who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sandinense ADF's Tony de Sena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sandinense ADF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Muhsin Taze was slow to take the kick. During this time Blue Mountain State's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Blue Mountain State's corner Muhsin Taze fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tony de Sena quite easily take care of the ball. Tony de Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zikri Akkaya in the 27th minute of the match. Atak Tanın sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Zikri Akkaya's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tony de Sena was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. A collision led to Sandinense ADF getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Arnaldo Carioca hit a great ball. Tony de Sena stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zikri Akkaya's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. The Blue Mountain State fans' excitement grew in the 38th match minute when Blue Mountain State's Zikri Akkaya looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zikri Akkaya in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tony de Sena prevented the ball from getting in the gole.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rodriguinho Dias to strike the kick off in the second half. Zikri Akkaya's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 51stth minute, Tony de Sena skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Zikri Akkaya's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 55thth minute, Tony de Sena skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Tony de Sena stood somewhat misplaced when Zikri Akkaya came free in front of goal and shot 1-6 to the left of him in the 63 minute. Romário Linares kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. In the 68thth minute of the game Zikri Akkaya who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sandinense ADF's Tony de Sena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Blue Mountain State's Zikri Akkaya in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sandinense ADF's goalie prevented a goal. Romário Linares's late challenge caught a Blue Mountain State's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Romário Linares helped the player get up and apologised. Blue Mountain State made a substitution. Fikri Kutsalmis replaced Muhsin Taze. Tony de Sena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Atak Tanın, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sandinense ADF's Tony de Sena played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zikri Akkaya in the 79th minute of play. In the 79th minute, Zikri Akkaya fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Tony de Sena, passed just outside the right post. Tony de Sena made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Zikri Akkaya sent off a good shot on target. Zikri Akkayas short, quick shot in the 83rdth minute got Tony de Sena to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 85th minute, Fikri Kutsalmis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tony de Sena was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-8. Blue Mountain State's Zikri Akkaya was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 89th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Tony de Sena made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zikri Akkaya in the 93rd minute. Blue Mountain State played a much better game than Sandinense ADF and deserved their victory. The Sandinense ADF players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.