U23 World League

ROCH - ARENA
Spectators: 7600 (Terracing: 5701, Seating: 1748, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Emrah Newell got the match started through his kick off. Clóvis Sergipano came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Aybek Selil. But to his dismay, Aybek Selil quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. BANDOLEIROS osasco's Clóvis Sergipano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aybek Selil in the 7th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aybek Selil in the 9th minute of play forced BANDOLEIROS osasco's goalkeeper Clóvis Sergipano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the BANDOLEIROS osasco defense, Emrah Newell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Clóvis Sergipano. The BANDOLEIROS osasco fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Clóvis Sergipano should have stopped the shot. 18 minutes into the match, B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's goal looked a bit too open when Elder da Mata came free, but Peker Baycan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Clóvis Sergipano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emrah Newell in the 20th minute of the match. Aybek Selil recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Peker Baycan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Horácio Pires in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute Emrah Newell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clóvis Sergipano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fetih Egesel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Clóvis Sergipano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fetih Egesel, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Aybek Selil had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Clóvis Sergipano. BANDOLEIROS osasco's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aybek Selil was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After 44 minutes of play, B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Fetih Egesel made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Clóvis Sergipano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Leandro Zica to strike the kick off in the second half. Uche Lugano's late challenge caught a BANDOLEIROS osasco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Uche Lugano helped the player get up and apologised. After 55 played minutes B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine got a freekick which was hit by Uche Lugano. BANDOLEIROS osasco's Víktor Costa was substituted for Leandro Zaga. Aybek Selil could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Clóvis Sergipano made a huge save. In the 65th minute Horácio Pires shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peker Baycan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 65 played minutes BANDOLEIROS osasco got a freekick which was hit by Giuseppe Queirós. BANDOLEIROS osasco's Clóvis Sergipano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save BANDOLEIROS osasco from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, BANDOLEIROS osasco's Elder da Mata got a free kick in the 70th minute. A collision led to BANDOLEIROS osasco getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Noel da Cunha hit a great ball. Peker Baycan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horácio Pires in the 78th minute of the match. Peker Baycan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horácio Pires, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Fetih Egesel got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fetih Egesel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Clóvis Sergipano having to interfere. The B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.