U23 World League

Ş. PÖH ERHAN KONUK
Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Angel Gervaso started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Ege Onursoy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roman Kolobov. ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ege Onursoy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Roman Kolobov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Utku Yanar, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 8 minutes into the game, POZANTI SPOR's Utku Yanar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Roman Kolobov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. 11 minutes into the match, ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s goal looked a bit too open when Dries Mertens came free, but Roman Kolobov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s Roman Kolobov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ from getting a goal against them. A collision led to ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Vicente Mederi hit a great ball. Tayfur Muhlis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fernan Eate in the 15th minute of play. ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s Roman Kolobov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Utku Yanar in the 17th minute of play. Vicente Mederi hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. 20 minutes into the match, ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s goal looked a bit too open when Utku Yanar came free, but Roman Kolobov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roman Kolobov was out of position in the 24 minute of play, and Ege Onursoy capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ege Onursoy really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogelio Duarte in the 28th minute of play forced POZANTI SPOR's goalkeeper Tayfur Muhlis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Denis Arce kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. In the 45th minute, Angel Gervaso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Paşa Ali Tecen kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Tayfur Muhlis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angel Gervaso in the 59th minute of play. In the 62nd minute Dries Mertens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Kolobov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. POZANTI SPOR's Tayfur Muhlis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angel Gervaso in the 66th minute of play. Ege Onursoy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Roman Kolobov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. POZANTI SPOR made a substitution. Ekrem Imamović replaced Dries Mertens. POZANTI SPOR's Tayfur Muhlis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angel Gervaso in the 74th minute of play. Tayfur Muhlis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rogelio Duarte in the 75th minute of play. The corner led to POZANTI SPOR's Paşa Ali Tecen getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. POZANTI SPOR's Paşa Ali Tecen got his second yellow card of the match in the 84th minute. The referee ordered Paşa Ali Tecen off the ground. After 84 played minutes POZANTI SPOR got a freekick which was hit by Paşa Ali Tecen. In the 85th minute of the match Vicente Mederi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tayfur Muhlis skillfully saved the ball. Ercüment Lefter sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Utku Yanar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.