U23 World League

Arena do Gigante
Spectators: 7747 (Terracing: 5812, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nicolas Anelka started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute, Tansel Toktimur left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ---Atam Osmanlı--- fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Oscar Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Anelka, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Ceyhun Mennan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremias Pinheiro in the 12th minute of the match. Oscar Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolas Anelka in the 14th minute of the match. Nicolas Anelka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 21st minute Tansel Toktimur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oscar Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Anelka in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas Anelka in the 22nd minute of play forced UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Oscar Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute Humberto Magalhães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ceyhun Mennan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeremias Pinheiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ceyhun Mennan having to interfere. In the 28th minute Tansel Toktimur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, UPTEXTIL.COM's goal looked a bit too open when Tansel Toktimur came free, but Oscar Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Oscar Azevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tansel Toktimur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 34 minutes into the match, ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goal looked a bit too open when Baltazar Paraibano came free, but Ceyhun Mennan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Oscar Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolas Anelka in the 37th minute of the match. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Ceyhun Mennan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thiago Furtado in the 41st minute of play. Ceyhun Mennan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jeremias Pinheiro in the 43rd minute. The supporters of UPTEXTIL.COM booed when ---Atam Osmanlı--- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arif Bilge Hünerli didn't get a good kick on the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Thiago Furtado made a kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Oscar Azevedo. That made the score 0-2 after 57 minutes of play. Ceyhun Mennan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeremias Pinheiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Nicolas Anelka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ---Atam Osmanlı--- were awarded a corner in the 69th minute after UPTEXTIL.COM's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tansel Toktimur took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Temel Dağdelen managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 75 minutes in the game Dorival Melo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Claudinei Botelho. 77 minutes into the game, Dorival Melo threw the ball into play from the sideline. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Arif Bilge Hünerli quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. A collision led to ---Atam Osmanlı--- getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Arif Bilge Hünerli hit a great ball. After 78 played minutes, UPTEXTIL.COM's Dorival Melo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ceyhun Mennan came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in UPTEXTIL.COM reached it. 80 minutes into the match, UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Oscar Azevedo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Baba Osmanlı. After 81 minutes, Jeremias Pinheiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UPTEXTIL.COM and the ---Atam Osmanlı--- players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of ---Atam Osmanlı--- booed when UPTEXTIL.COM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jeremias Pinheiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Baltazar Paraibano took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 84th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ceyhun Mennan. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to ---Atam Osmanlı--- getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Ahmet Demirdelen hit a great ball. Oscar Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tansel Toktimur in the 92nd minute of play. Claudinei Botelho kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.