U21 World League

El Palacio Alijilán
Spectators: 7814 (Terracing: 5862, Seating: 1797, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Batuğ Resai started the match with the kick off. In the 7th minute, Batuğ Resai ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lino Naelio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Jonathan Navarro was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jimeno Seme showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 12 minute of play. Jimeno Seme could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Jonathan Navarro made a huge save. 16 minutes into the match, Alijilán returns's goal looked a bit too open when Batuğ Resai came free, but Lino Naelio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paulino Maldini made a great header on Yaman Academy®'s corner, it was just that Alijilán returns's Lino Naelio managed to reach the ball for a save. Jonathan Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rene Houseman in the 23rd minute of play. Jimeno Semes short, quick shot in the 27thth minute got Jonathan Navarro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 27 played minutes Yaman Academy® got a freekick which was hit by Paulino Maldini. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rene Houseman got free with Jonathan Navarro in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rene Houseman in the 32nd minute of play forced Yaman Academy®'s goalkeeper Jonathan Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Yaman Academy® getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Batuğ Resai hit a great ball. In the 38th minute of the match Yaman Academy® got a corner. Alijilán returns's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Paulino Maldini ran over to the corner to take the kick. Yaman Academy®'s Jonathan Navarro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Yaman Academy® from getting a goal against them. Jonathan Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leandro Garate, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lino Naelio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Batuğ Resai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 46 minutes of play, Alijilán returns's Jimeno Seme made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Navarro was left in no man's land by his defense there! No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Jimeno Seme made the kick off in the second half. Yaman Academy®'s Jonathan Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rene Houseman in the 52nd minute of play. Alijilán returns's Lino Naelio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Alijilán returns from getting a goal against them. In the 62nd minute, Batuğ Resai 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. Jonathan Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jimeno Seme in the 64th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Jimeno Seme made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Navarro. Yaman Academy®'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. In the 73rd minute, Yaman Academy®'s Batuğ Resai ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lino Naelio. Lino Naelio yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. Yaman Academy®'s Jonathan Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimeno Seme in the 77th minute of play. Jonathan Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rene Houseman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Yaman Academy®'s Ozan Erbelgin got a free kick in the 87th minute. Lino Naelio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Batuğ Resai, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Jonathan Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jimeno Seme in the 92nd minute of the match. Jonathan Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rene Houseman in the 94th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Paulino Maldini during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card.