U23 World League

Arena Winters
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) After some careless play in the Airborne FC defense, Demir Rebi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Diamantino de Queiroz. The Airborne FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Diamantino de Queiroz should have stopped the shot. In the 9th minute, Zühtü Eryavuz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. North Port UTD's Yağızalp Akhan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexsandro Simões in the 10th minute of play. Yağızalp Akhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hélio Terra in the 11th minute of play. In the 12th minute Hélio Terra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yağızalp Akhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, North Port UTD's Karhan Öktüre got a free kick in the 14th minute. A collision led to Airborne FC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Dênis Santos hit a great ball. In the 16th minute, Demir Rebi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The North Port UTD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After a rather tough play, North Port UTD's Ömür Sağanalp got a free kick in the 19th minute. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by North Port UTD's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hélio Terra was slow to take the kick. During this time Airborne FC's players had a chance to rest. When Oswaldo Severo came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Airborne FC 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 Oswaldo Severo couldn't finish the play. Birkan Sarik kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Diamantino de Queiroz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birkan Sarik in the 26th minute of the match. 32 minutes into the game, Birkan Sarik cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Diamantino de Queiroz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 38 minutes of play, North Port UTD's Birkan Sarik made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Diamantino de Queiroz was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Airborne FC defense, Demir Rebi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Diamantino de Queiroz. The Airborne FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Diamantino de Queiroz should have stopped the shot. Alexsandro Simõess short, quick shot in the 45thth minute got Yağızalp Akhan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Diamantino de Queiroz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Birkan Sarik, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hélio Terra to make the kick off. Yağızalp Akhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexsandro Simões in the 55th minute of play. After 65 played minutes Airborne FC got a freekick which was hit by Hélio Terra. The supporters of North Port UTD booed when Airborne FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thiago Tande didn't get a good kick on the ball. Karhan Öktüre took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 70th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Diamantino de Queiroz. Airborne FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Cássio Maciel kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, Hélio Terra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yağızalp Akhan. North Port UTD's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hélio Terra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Diamantino de Queiroz didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 78th minute, which inside left pole to 1-6. The goalkeeper, Diamantino de Queiroz, was totally fooled by North Port UTD's Karhan Öktüre, who 83 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Hélio Terra's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yağızalp Akhan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play. The North Port UTD players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.