U23 World League

Estádio Arthur Leite
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adrianinho Ortiz made the kick off which started today's match. Rodolfo Quirino came out of the goal in the 2nd minute to try and stop a shot by The Last Airbender's Güntekin Uskan. But to his dismay, Güntekin Uskan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After 7th play minutes Güntekin Uskan shot 0-2, a short shot which went by Rodolfo Quirino and just under the crossbar into goal. After a rather tough play, Caatiba MZC's Mathias das Neves got a free kick in the 12th minute. Rodolfo Quirino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Nedim Eronat in the 13th minute of the match. Kılıçalp Beyzade showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusébio Matorin, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. After a rather tough play, Caatiba MZC's Benedito Domingues got a free kick in the 16th minute. After a rather tough play, The Last Airbender's Ahmet Oğuz Tülek got a free kick in the 17th minute. Güntekin Uskan kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. With a little luck, The Last Airbender's Kılıçalp Beyzade got control of the ball when Adrianinho Ortiz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Allan Penha's late challenge caught a The Last Airbender's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Allan Penha helped the player get up and apologised. Allan Penha kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Güntekin Uskan succeeded in the game's 24th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-3. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Güntekin Uskan put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Rodolfo Quirino. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Güntekin Uskan in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rodolfo Quirino saved Caatiba MZC from getting behind. After a rather tough play, The Last Airbender's Güntekin Uskan got a free kick in the 38th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Caatiba MZC's zone, Ahmet Oğuz Tülek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rodolfo Quirino came out of the goal and Ahmet Oğuz Tülek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, The Last Airbender's Ahmet Nedim Eronat got a free kick in the 45th minute. Abdulaziz Sungur's late challenge caught a Caatiba MZC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdulaziz Sungur helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to The Last Airbender getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Abdulaziz Sungur hit a great ball. After the first half The Last Airbender were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Kılıçalp Beyzade took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrianinho Ortiz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 55 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Adrianinho Ortiz sped through The Last Airbender's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kılıçalp Beyzade. Güntekin Uskan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Rodolfo Quirino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Enrique Mazza charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Enrique Mazza the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedito Domingues in the 63rd minute of play forced The Last Airbender's goalkeeper Kılıçalp Beyzade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Caatiba MZC's Adrianinho Ortiz in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The Last Airbender's goalie prevented a goal. Eusébio Matorin struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Kılıçalp Beyzade didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Caatiba MZC. The supporters of Caatiba MZC booed when The Last Airbender was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmet Oğuz Tülek didn't get a good kick on the ball. Güntekin Uskan did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-7 to the left of a surprised Rodolfo Quirino 75 minutes into the match. In the 78thth minute of the game Güntekin Uskan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Caatiba MZC's Rodolfo Quirino was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Laerte da Silva's late challenge caught a The Last Airbender's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Laerte da Silva helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Caatiba MZC's Laerte da Silva got a free kick in the 79th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Güntekin Uskan in the 80th minute of play forced Caatiba MZC's goalkeeper Rodolfo Quirino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Ahmet Oğuz Tülek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Güntekin Uskan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rodolfo Quirino was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. After 90 played minutes, The Last Airbender's İlmi Arpacıoğlu shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rodolfo Quirino came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in The Last Airbender reached it. Caatiba MZC's Rodolfo Quirino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Güntekin Uskan in the 91st minute of play. The Last Airbender played a much better game than Caatiba MZC and deserved their victory. The Caatiba MZC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.