U23 World League

Nilton Santos
Spectators: 7833 (Terracing: 5876, Seating: 1801, VIP seats: 156) U. de Tarapacá's Juan José J.J. started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Romeo Bermúdez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Delmiro Rosalio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sezen Taşkın sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 11th minute Juan José J.J. shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delmiro Rosalio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manos Manteca didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fedele Scirea went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Sasho Amiorkov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Manos Manteca read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Fedele Scirea's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Manos Manteca read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. Set Fire were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after U. de Tarapacá's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Wladyslaw Brudzisz took the corner. The corner led Set Fire's Wladyslaw Brudzisz to fire away a dangerous shot which Manos Manteca despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 28 minutes into the match, U. de Tarapacá's goalkeeper Manos Manteca had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Dziura. Manos Manteca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fedele Scirea in the 31st minute of the match. Sasho Amiorkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 42 played minutes U. de Tarapacá got a freekick which was hit by Xalvador Quijada. In the 43rd minute, Hélio Cunha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 45 minutes, Juan José J.J. mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U. de Tarapacá and the Set Fire players grew even worse after the yellow card. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fedele Scirea was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Set Fire's Sasho Amiorkov got a free kick in the 51st minute. 55 minutes into the match, U. de Tarapacá's goal looked a bit too open when Fedele Scirea came free, but Manos Manteca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Olcay Tezkan charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Olcay Tezkan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Set Fire's Olcay Tezkan got a free kick in the 59th minute. Sasho Amiorkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manos Manteca having to interfere. 71 minutes into the match, Fedele Scirea notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of U. de Tarapacá's Manos Manteca. Manos Manteca was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Delmiro Rosalio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sezen Taşkın, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 77th minute, Sezen Taşkın ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Delmiro Rosalio was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Manos Manteca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fedele Scirea, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Manos Manteca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sasho Amiorkov in the 89th minute of the match. Manos Manteca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sasho Amiorkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute Sasho Amiorkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manos Manteca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 96th minute Set Fire were awarded a corner. Wladyslaw Brudzisz went to the cornerflag to take it. Paulín Jurado thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Manos Manteca, a very annoying self made goal in the 96th minute which led to 5-1.