U23 World League

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 7547 (Terracing: 5662, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Egemen Adıbelli made the kick off which started today's match. Raimondas Bitėnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Uğuralp Pamiroğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Raimondas Bitėnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Asım Ergümen in the 13th minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Şenel Çetinel got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Raimondas Bitėnas quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Bilal Tükelay took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Raimondas Bitėnas to make any attempt to save it. Asım Ergümen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Raimondas Bitėnas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Tautrimas Gabriūnas got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Raimondas Bitėnas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Egemen Adıbelli in the 33rd minute. Raimondas Bitėnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Asım Ergümen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. F.C internazionale's Egemen Adıbelli got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Asım Ergümen in the 44th minute of play forced FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goalkeeper Raimondas Bitėnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. F.C internazionale's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Şenel Çetinel in the 46th minute. The corner led F.C internazionale's Şenel Çetinel to fire away a dangerous shot which Raimondas Bitėnas despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tautrimas Gabriūnas to strike the kick off in the second half. Raimondas Bitėnas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Asım Ergümen in the 51st minute of play. Raimondas Bitėnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akil Akdemirci, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 55th match minute, F.C internazionale was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Akil Akdemirci to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI defense, Asım Ergümen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Raimondas Bitėnas. The FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Raimondas Bitėnas should have stopped the shot. Raimondas Bitėnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Asım Ergümen, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Asım Ergümen in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Raimondas Bitėnas saved FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI from getting behind. The referee felt a red card was in order, 67 minutes into the game, when Mehmet Edip Uğurcan put in a rough tackle. 66 minutes into the game, one of F.C internazionale:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 68 minutes, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Gediminas Tavoras got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Esen Ağın. In the 72ndth minute of the game Asım Ergümen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Raimondas Bitėnas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 75 played minutes FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI got a freekick which was hit by Agatas Plakys. Raimondas Bitėnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bilal Tükelay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 95th match minute, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agatas Plakys to maneuver through the defense. F.C internazionale's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.