U21 World League

Estadio Aroeira
Spectators: 7859 (Terracing: 5895, Seating: 1808, VIP seats: 156) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Turgut Tümer took the kick off in the first half of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Orhan Üstündağ notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of MZ Fénix's Zarco Bandeira. Zarco Bandeira was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Noel Tinoco recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 14th minute, Çelikan Hızlı left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ALTAY MYTHS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Noel Tinoco got free with Mahmut Torel in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mahmut Torel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Noel Tinoco, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 25 minutes into the game, Mustafa Orhan Enginsoy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Zarco Bandeira was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 31st minute MZ Fénix were awarded a corner. Vicente Domingues went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Vicente Domingues almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ALTAY MYTHS's Mahmut Torel did a great save. 34 minutes into the match, ALTAY MYTHS's goal looked a bit too open when Noel Tinoco came free, but Mahmut Torel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 46 minutes into the game, Remzi Başesgioğlu threw the ball into play from the sideline. MZ Fénix's Nuno Cruz quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 47 played minutes ALTAY MYTHS got a freekick which was hit by Kubilay Sabuncuoğlu. In the 48th minute, Noel Tinoco 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Noel Tinoco was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind ALTAY MYTHS's goalkeeper Mahmut Torel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. MZ Fénix's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vicente Domingues in the 53rd minute. MZ Fénix's Rui Rebelo was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Mahmut Torel in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. MZ Fénix's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vicente Domingues in the 59th minute. The corner ended in Vicente Domingues almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ALTAY MYTHS's Mahmut Torel did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noel Tinoco in the 63rd minute of play forced ALTAY MYTHS's goalkeeper Mahmut Torel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute, Noel Tinoco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wilson Pestana's late challenge caught a ALTAY MYTHS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wilson Pestana helped the player get up and apologised. The audience was convinced that Noel Tinoco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mahmut Torel was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noel Tinoco in the 77th minute of play forced ALTAY MYTHS's goalkeeper Mahmut Torel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MZ Fénix's Noel Tinoco got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, ALTAY MYTHS's Birol Öner got a free kick in the 93rd minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ALTAY MYTHS eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.