U23 World League

K-XO-ROES
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomé Baptista kicked off to start the match. In the 5th match minute, FORMIGÃO DE BRAGA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Francisco Barbosa to maneuver through the defense. Tomé Baptista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Tayfur Muhlis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. João Francisco Barbosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Tayfur Muhlis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ronaldão Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paşa Ali Tecen, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After 18 minutes FORMIGÃO DE BRAGA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Behram Çubukcu who took care of the corner kick. Ronaldão Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Utku Yanar in the 26th minute of play. Dé Galvão kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Ronaldão Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Utku Yanar in the 37th minute of the match. In the 39th minute Ege Onursoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronaldão Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rd minute, Ege Onursoy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ronaldão Souza was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 47th minute Utku Yanar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronaldão Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ege Onursoy was the one to do the kick off. In the 54thth minute of the game Utku Yanar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FORMIGÃO DE BRAGA's Ronaldão Souza was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 57 minutes into the match, POZANTI SPOR's goal looked a bit too open when João Francisco Barbosa came free, but Tayfur Muhlis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Utku Yanar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ronaldão Souza having to interfere. Utku Yanar's late challenge caught a FORMIGÃO DE BRAGA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Utku Yanar helped the player get up and apologised. In the 64th minute, Utku Yanar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. During the 66th minute of the match Utku Yanar completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Utku Yanar a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. 71 minutes into the game, Rubinho Velasco threw the ball into play from the sideline. POZANTI SPOR's Ercüment Lefter quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 78th minute Paşa Ali Tecen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronaldão Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ege Onursoy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Ronaldão Souza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to POZANTI SPOR getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Ercüment Lefter hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ege Onursoy in the 92nd minute of play forced FORMIGÃO DE BRAGA's goalkeeper Ronaldão Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paşa Ali Tecen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. POZANTI SPOR had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.