U21 World League

CAN ERZURUM ARENA
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nilmar Mendes kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, André Luiz Cabral left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aesir FC FSCMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Arí Neves charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arí Neves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Eurico Britto charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eurico Britto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 18th minute, Eurico Britto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mustafa Ali Nadir received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gerson Viana came out and tried to block the shot, but Mustafa Ali Nadir slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 21st minute. After 31 played minutes Aesir FC FSCMZ got a freekick which was hit by Eurico Britto. Kadir Gagauz made in the 36th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Aesir FC FSCMZ's Nuno Moraes. After 37 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for CAN ERZURUM! 43 minutes into the match, CAN ERZURUM's goal looked a bit too open when André Luiz Cabral came free, but Adem El Abidine Ben Ali reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nilmar Mendes in the 45th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aha Gol to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Laércio Ceresso suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. After 52 minutes, Buğra Ünalp mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CAN ERZURUM and the Aesir FC FSCMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to CAN ERZURUM getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Buğra Ünalp hit a great ball. If Nilmar Mendes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 56 minutes, Arın Ferhat Kocaker mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CAN ERZURUM and the Aesir FC FSCMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, CAN ERZURUM's Arın Ferhat Kocaker got a free kick in the 56th minute. After 64 played minutes Aesir FC FSCMZ got a freekick which was hit by Eurico Britto. Eurico Britto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Nilmar Mendes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adem El Abidine Ben Ali was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Adem El Abidine Ben Ali made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from André Luiz Cabral in the 79th minute of play. Nilmar Mendes's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Adem El Abidine Ben Ali firmly grabbed it by the left post. Through an outstanding action, after 87 minutes, Adem El Abidine Ben Ali successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Mustafa Ali Nadir recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling André Luiz Cabral in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Adem El Abidine Ben Ali prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Aytekin Tardu kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. When the match was over Aesir FC FSCMZ could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than CAN ERZURUM throughout the match.