U23 World League

Cihanbeyli Park
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mirza Bostan took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd match minute, Seahawks V55 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Charis Droumalias to maneuver through the defense. When Seahawks V55's Manolis Kalergis in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye MARAZZINO's goalie prevented a goal. 11 minutes into the game, Muzaffer Kongar lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Anastasios Christakos. In the 15th minute, Muzaffer Kongar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 16 minutes into the game, Dimitris Katsapis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Seahawks V55's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MARAZZINO the free kick. 18 minutes into the match, Mehmet Reis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anastasios Christakos. Seahawks V55's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mehmet Reis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 21st minute Muzaffer Kongar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anastasios Christakos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 23 minutes, Thanos Kalfoglou managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Seahawks V55's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thanos Kalfoglou was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Abdurrezzak Çetintürk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manolis Kalergis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Seahawks V55's Anastasios Christakos got control of the ball when Mirza Bostan tried to sneak it across the goal line. MARAZZINO's Abdurrezzak Çetintürk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manolis Kalergis in the 28th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Manolis Kalergis notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of MARAZZINO's Abdurrezzak Çetintürk. Abdurrezzak Çetintürk was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Charis Droumalias kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Thanos Kalfoglou blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Abdurrezzak Çetintürk having to make a save. In the 39th minute, Manolis Kalergis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abdurrezzak Çetintürk was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manolis Kalergis in the 42nd minute of play forced MARAZZINO's goalkeeper Abdurrezzak Çetintürk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdurrezzak Çetintürk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thanos Kalfoglou, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 45 minutes into the match, Mehmet Reis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Anastasios Christakos, 3-2. 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 3-2.

The wind increased when Manolis Kalergis made the kick off in the second half. Abdurrezzak Çetintürk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giannis Nekos, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Anastasios Christakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Muzaffer Kongar in the 55th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Manolis Kalergis in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Abdurrezzak Çetintürk saved MARAZZINO from getting behind. After a rather tough play, MARAZZINO's Mazhar Korcan got a free kick in the 61st minute. In the 66th match minute, Seahawks V55 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manolis Kalergis to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th minute Dimitris Katsapis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdurrezzak Çetintürk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanos Kalfoglou took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Abdurrezzak Çetintürk. Abdurrezzak Çetintürk dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-3. In the 81st minute, Mehmet Reis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anastasios Christakos was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-3. In the 84th play minute Thanos Kalfoglou came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Abdurrezzak Çetintürk. 4-4. When the match clock showed 88 minutes, the score became 4-5 when Manolis Kalergis sped through MARAZZINO's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Abdurrezzak Çetintürk. Anastasios Christakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mehmet Reis, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Anastasios Christakos came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by MARAZZINO's Mehmet Reis. But to his dismay, Mehmet Reis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-5. The Seahawks V55 players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented MARAZZINO from taking control. The game ends in a draw.