U23 World League

Trooper Arena
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Eşref Berksu made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Zandarin FC booed when Fear Of The Dark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bünyamin İlbey didn't get a good kick on the ball. Talha Çağan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christiano Chaves in the 6th minute of play. After having played for 7 minutes, Flavinho Rosado managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zandarin FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Flavinho Rosado was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 12th minute, Flavinho Rosado 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. Talha Çağan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christiano Chaves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Talha Çağan came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Zandarin FC's Flavinho Rosado. But to his dismay, Flavinho Rosado quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Fear Of The Dark's Talha Çağan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bayındır Mehmet Şahdar in the 24th minute of play. Talha Çağan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christiano Chaves, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Flavinho Rosado notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Fear Of The Dark's Talha Çağan. Talha Çağan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 34th match minute, Zandarin FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bayındır Mehmet Şahdar to maneuver through the defense. Bünyamin İlbey hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. After having played for 37 minutes, Manfredo Saldanha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zandarin FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Manfredo Saldanha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flavinho Rosado in the 41st minute of play forced Fear Of The Dark's goalkeeper Talha Çağan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flavinho Rosado in the 43rd minute of play forced Fear Of The Dark's goalkeeper Talha Çağan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Bayındır Mehmet Şahdar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zandarin FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Bayındır Mehmet Şahdar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Talha Çağan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christiano Chaves in the 47th minute of play forced Fear Of The Dark's goalkeeper Talha Çağan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Flavinho Rosado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Flavinho Rosado could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Talha Çağan made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Christiano Chaves in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Talha Çağan saved Fear Of The Dark from getting behind. In the 62nd play minute Bayındır Mehmet Şahdar came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Talha Çağan. 0-3. Talha Çağan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Flavinho Rosado went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Akil Akyazıcı made in the 68th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Zandarin FC's Severino Favoretto. Akil Akyazıcı hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. The long shot by Manfredo Saldanha in the 70th minute really tested Talha Çağan's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Christiano Chaves might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Talha Çağan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Christiano Chaves ran back to his position shaking his head. After 82 played minutes Fear Of The Dark got a freekick which was hit by Akil Akyazıcı. Ferit Veli hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Manfredo Saldanha struck a weak shot in the 88th minute. Talha Çağan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Zandarin FC. Flavinho Rosado could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Talha Çağan made a huge save. 94 minutes into the match, Fear Of The Dark's goal looked a bit too open when Christiano Chaves came free, but Talha Çağan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Zandarin FC 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.