U23 World League

Alesandro Abarzua
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Tanio Lezaeta made the kick off and thus started the match. Rüştü Recber showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tanio Lezaeta in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 6th match minute, Talcampeón FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sandro Asenjo to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Arif Babürşah's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlos Alberto Villa was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. A collision led to HORIZZONT getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Nuh Sadreddin hit a great ball. The long shot by Eladio Sarmiento in the 13th minute really tested Rüştü Recber's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Carlos Alberto Villa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yaşar Akbuğ in the 15th minute of play. Rüştü Recber took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tanio Lezaeta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rahim Sidam in the 20th minute of play forced Talcampeón FC's goalkeeper Carlos Alberto Villa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rüştü Recber made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Tanio Lezaeta sent off a good shot on target. Rüştü Recber showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amado Raineri in the 23rd minute of the match. Rüştü Recber showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cosme Mella in the 26th minute of the match. Rüştü Recber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tanio Lezaeta in the 33rd minute of play. After 37 minutes of play, HORIZZONT's Rahim Sidam made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carlos Alberto Villa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Carlos Alberto Villa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yaşar Akbuğ in the 41st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, HORIZZONT's Erkut Yatuk got a free kick in the 45th minute. Rüştü Recber showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eladio Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rahim Sidam in the 48th minute of play forced Talcampeón FC's goalkeeper Carlos Alberto Villa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rahim Sidam made a kick off. A collision led to HORIZZONT getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Arif Babürşah hit a great ball. Erkut Yatuk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Alberto Villa having to interfere. In the 58th minute, HORIZZONT's Yaşar Akbuğ ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Carlos Alberto Villa. Carlos Alberto Villa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. Rahim Sidam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Alberto Villa having to interfere. Carlos Alberto Villa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rahim Sidam in the 70th minute of play. In the 71st minute HORIZZONT were awarded a corner. Yaşar Akbuğ went to the cornerflag to take it. 76 minutes into the match, Talcampeón FC's goalkeeper Carlos Alberto Villa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rahim Sidam. Rüştü Recber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Apolo Larrañaga in the 77th minute of play. Valdemar Mertlík could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Carlos Alberto Villa made a huge save. In the 83rd minute Tanio Lezaeta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rüştü Recber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rüştü Recber took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Apolo Larrañaga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yaşar Akbuğ could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Carlos Alberto Villa made a huge save. Carlos Alberto Villa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mirza Yazargil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 92 played minutes HORIZZONT got a freekick which was hit by Valdemar Mertlík. After 95 played minutes Talcampeón FC got a freekick which was hit by Amado Raineri. The HORIZZONT players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.