U23 World League

Lions Arena
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nicolae Zaharia kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Lions Of Turks booed when Carp Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enver Hoxha didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, Lions Of Turks's Gigio Buffone threw himself towards the right post 10 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Vedat Arslanoğlu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Vedat Arslanoğlu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gigio Buffone having to make a save. Cengiz Bozbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolae Zaharia in the 20th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Vedat Arslanoğlu 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. Lions Of Turks's Cengiz Bozbey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolae Zaharia in the 36th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Doctor Özcakir dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gigio Buffone, 1-0. 43 minutes into the match, Carp Team's goalkeeper Gigio Buffone had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Doctor Özcakir. 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 2-0.

Lions Of Turks's Cengiz Bozbey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolae Zaharia in the 55th minute of play. The supporters of Carp Team booed when Lions Of Turks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vedat Arslanoğlu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Carp Team's Gigio Buffone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vedat Arslanoğlu in the 60th minute of play. Vedat Arslanoğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Gigio Buffone tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd minute, Sadri Fidan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cengiz Bozbey was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Eliodor Maftei. After 77 minutes of play, Lions Of Turks's Vedat Arslanoğlu made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gigio Buffone was left in no man's land by his defense there! Enver Hoxha charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Enver Hoxha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 84th match minute, Carp Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enver Hoxha to maneuver through the defense. If Vedat Arslanoğlu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th minute, Vedat Arslanoğlu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lions Of Turks fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. 95 minutes into the match, Vedat Arslanoğlu notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Carp Team's Gigio Buffone. Gigio Buffone was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lions Of Turks walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.