U23 World League

KARAGÜLLE ARENA
Spectators: 7682 (Terracing: 5762, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when İlyas Ahid took the kick off in the first half of the match. Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miro Klose in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th match minute, FC Aquile Azzurre was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Comunardo Cianci to maneuver through the defense. In the 6th match minute, FC Aquile Azzurre was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angelo Scarinci to maneuver through the defense. After 7 minutes of play, FC Aquile Azzurre's Miro Klose made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 10th minute Edoardo Proia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, Haydar Torhan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Flavio Macchione. FC Aquile Azzurre's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Haydar Torhan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. FC Aquile Azzurre were awarded a corner in the 29th minute after !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Frank Nelli took the corner. The corner ended in Frank Nelli almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu did a great save. Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miro Klose in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Miro Klose ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miro Klose in the 40th minute of play. After 41 minutes, Yenal Tuğaltan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU and the FC Aquile Azzurre players grew even worse after the yellow card. Yenal Tuğaltan hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miro Klose, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Frank Nelli was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Aquile Azzurre's players had a chance to rest. FC Aquile Azzurre's Frank Nelli was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miro Klose in the 48th minute of play forced !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's goalkeeper Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Miro Klose stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miro Klose in the 55th minute of the match. Miro Klose could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Aquile Azzurre's Miro Klose slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu. That made the score 1-4 after 59 minutes of play. 64 minutes into the game, FC Aquile Azzurre's Miro Klose nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. After a defensive mix-up in !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's zone, Miro Klose stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu came out of the goal and Miro Klose tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Abdulaziz İpçi hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Miro Klose's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 77th minute of play. When Miro Klose came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the FC Aquile Azzurre fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Miro Klose couldn't finish the play. Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Miro Klose in the 80th minute. After 81 played minutes FC Aquile Azzurre got a freekick which was hit by Edoardo Proia. !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU from getting a goal against them. In the 91st minute, Miro Klose reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Berker Rıza Afşaroğlu. The goal made the score 1-7. After having played for 96 minutes, Miro Klose managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Aquile Azzurre's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miro Klose was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC Aquile Azzurre's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.