U23 World League

METİN STADYUMU
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Luiz Eduardo Netto made the kick off and thus started the match. Tolga Egelioğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Lopes, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After 5 played minutes Gülce Leyla got a freekick which was hit by Günay Kılıçalp. In the 6th minute, Luiz Eduardo Netto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tolga Egelioğlu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 12th match minute, Microsoft Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cauã Vinhas to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luiz Eduardo Netto in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tolga Egelioğlu saved Gülce Leyla from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Görkem Tunçaslan got free with Décio Barbosa in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Günay Kılıçalp was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 17th minute. Gülce Leyla's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Décio Barbosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Günay Kılıçalp in the 17th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luiz Eduardo Netto in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tolga Egelioğlu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tolga Egelioğlu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luiz Eduardo Netto's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Burhanettin Şensal during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Gülce Leyla's Burhanettin Şensal got a free kick in the 30th minute. Tolga Egelioğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Eduardo Netto in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 39thth minute of the game Luiz Eduardo Netto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gülce Leyla's Tolga Egelioğlu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 39 minutes, Feyzullay Enbiya mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gülce Leyla and the Microsoft Team players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Microsoft Team booed when Gülce Leyla was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Feyzullay Enbiya didn't get a good kick on the ball. Görkem Tunçaslan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Décio Barbosa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tolga Egelioğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Eduardo Netto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Microsoft Team's Décio Barbosa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Microsoft Team from getting a goal against them. The attack was good, but when Görkem Tunçaslan in the 48th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Görkem Tunçaslan to make the kick off. When Luiz Eduardo Netto, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 53 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Tolga Egelioğlu was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Luiz Eduardo Netto did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-2 to the left of a surprised Tolga Egelioğlu 56 minutes into the match. If Görkem Tunçaslan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gülce Leyla's Tolga Egelioğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Eduardo Netto in the 65th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Görkem Tunçaslan in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Décio Barbosa saved Microsoft Team from getting behind. Tolga Egelioğlu made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Luan Pontes sent off a good shot on target. Burhanettin Şensal was shown his second yellow card after 88 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Günay Kılıçalp fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Décio Barbosa having to interfere. Görkem Tunçaslan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Décio Barbosa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Despite being the better team, Gülce Leyla failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.