U23 World League

Stars Stadium
Spectators: 7559 (Terracing: 5670, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Hernani Massa took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Albérico Cortez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Doni Meirelles was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. After 11 played minutes ⚽ VILA REAL F.ᑕ. MOC ⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Gonçalo Siqueira. In the 11th minute, ⚽ VILA REAL F.ᑕ. MOC ⚽'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Armağan Karabulut fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Albérico Cortez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Armağan Karabulut's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 18thth minute, Doni Meirelles skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Albérico Cortez's late challenge caught a ⚽ VILA REAL F.ᑕ. MOC ⚽'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Albérico Cortez helped the player get up and apologised. Albérico Cortez hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. When Gürel Çelikhan came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the STARS TEAM 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 Gürel Çelikhan couldn't finish the play. In the 24th minute Manfredo Reis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ateş Rahim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 24th minute, Manfredo Reis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ateş Rahim was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 26 minutes, Carlinhos Macedo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ⚽ VILA REAL F.ᑕ. MOC ⚽ and the STARS TEAM players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ⚽ VILA REAL F.ᑕ. MOC ⚽'s Carlinhos Macedo got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 33rd minute Albérico Cortez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doni Meirelles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, STARS TEAM's Burç Boztepe got a free kick in the 34th minute. In the 40th match minute, STARS TEAM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yüksel Revan to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to ⚽ VILA REAL F.ᑕ. MOC ⚽ getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Raúl Arósio hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in ⚽ VILA REAL F.ᑕ. MOC ⚽'s zone, Armağan Karabulut stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Doni Meirelles came out of the goal and Armağan Karabulut tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Armağan Karabulut to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Gürel Çelikhan managed to get in a good position for a shot. STARS TEAM's supporters rose to their feet, but Gürel Çelikhan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Doni Meirelles breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Manfredo Reis kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. After 57 minutes, Armağan Karabulut made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. ⚽ VILA REAL F.ᑕ. MOC ⚽'s Doni Meirelles tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Armağan Karabulut in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Doni Meirelles prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Doni Meirelles didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Armağan Karabulut went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Armağan Karabulut blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Doni Meirelles having to make a save. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Armağan Karabulut put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Doni Meirelles. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 5-1 when Armağan Karabulut sped through ⚽ VILA REAL F.ᑕ. MOC ⚽'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Doni Meirelles. The STARS TEAM fans' excitement grew in the 88th match minute when STARS TEAM's Armağan Karabulut 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 6-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Albérico Cortez struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Doni Meirelles didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for STARS TEAM. In the 94th minute, Albérico Cortez 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. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The STARS TEAM fans cheered their team off the field, for while ⚽ VILA REAL F.ᑕ. MOC ⚽ had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.