U23 World League

Northside Stadium
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Flavinho Rosado started the match with the kick off. Yağızalp Akhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Chaves in the 4th minute of the match. After having played for 7 minutes, Demir Rebi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. North Port UTD's supporters crossed their fingers, but Demir Rebi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gugu Sousa kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. In the 16th match minute, North Port UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zühtü Eryavuz to maneuver through the defense. Gugu Sousa's late challenge caught a North Port UTD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gugu Sousa helped the player get up and apologised. Gugu Sousa hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute Christiano Chaves 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. In the 31st minute, Christiano Chaves made a precise shot to the right of Yağızalp Akhan. North Port UTD's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The supporters of Zandarin FC booed when North Port UTD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zühtü Eryavuz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tiago Gabriel Capixaba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birkan Sarik in the 38th minute of the match. The supporters of North Port UTD booed when Zandarin FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christiano Chaves didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tiago Gabriel Capixaba made an important save on a dangerous shot by Demir Rebi in the 41st minute. Demir Rebi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Tiago Gabriel Capixaba made a huge save. Christiano Chaves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yağızalp Akhan having to interfere. A collision led to North Port UTD getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Zühtü Eryavuz hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Deniz Hasanbeyli to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Christiano Chaves got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Christiano Chaves might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yağızalp Akhan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Christiano Chaves ran back to his position shaking his head. Yağızalp Akhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Chaves in the 63rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Bayındır Mehmet Şahdar could shoot a difficult shot in the 69th minute, which Yağızalp Akhan however easily saved by the left post. With an all-out effort, Zandarin FC's Yağızalp Akhan threw himself towards the right post 75 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Christiano Chaves, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 84 minutes into the game, Flavinho Rosado was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zandarin FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave North Port UTD the free kick. North Port UTD's Yağızalp Akhan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save North Port UTD from getting a goal against them.