U23 World League

Syd Barret
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cirilo Tebaldo started the match with the kick off. Fernando Gartxot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Şemsettin Oğuzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Esen Ağın showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cirilo Tebaldo in the 7th minute of the match. If Akil Akdemirci had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to F.C internazionale getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Akil Akdemirci hit a great ball. In the 26th minute, one of F.C internazionale:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for F.C internazionale. Fernando Gartxot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akil Akdemirci in the 32nd minute of play. Fernando Gartxot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şemsettin Oğuzer in the 35th minute of play. In the 38th minute Akil Akdemirci shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Gartxot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Pink Floyd getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Felipe Galtero hit a great ball. In the 45th minute, Adnan Mirkelam ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fernando Gartxot was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After some careless play in the Pink Floyd defense, Çağlar Özgenalp kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernando Gartxot. The Pink Floyd fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernando Gartxot should have stopped the shot. After the first half F.C internazionale were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Şemsettin Oğuzer made the kick off in the second half. Fernando Gartxot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Şemsettin Oğuzer in the 55th minute of the match. Fernando Gartxot made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Çağlar Özgenalp sent off a good shot on target. In the 59th minute Akil Akdemirci shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Gartxot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pink Floyd's Cirilo Tebaldo suffered a concussion in the 60th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. When Mehmet Edip Uğurcan fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored F.C internazionale's protests and gave Mehmet Edip Uğurcan a yellow card for diving instead. Mehmet Edip Uğurcan hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Cristobal Lizer, 62 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Akil Akdemirci in the 63rd minute of play forced Pink Floyd's goalkeeper Fernando Gartxot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fernando Gartxot was out of position in the 65 minute of play, and Rahmi Rikap capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rahmi Rikap really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. Fernando Gartxot was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Akil Akdemirci showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-4 in the 69 minute of play. After 75 played minutes Pink Floyd got a freekick which was hit by Felipe Galtero. When Akil Akdemirci came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the F.C internazionale fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Akil Akdemirci couldn't finish the play. Fernando Gartxot didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Çağlar Özgenalp went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-6 was the resulting score. F.C internazionale's Şemsettin Oğuzer got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 90th match minute, F.C internazionale was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rahmi Rikap to maneuver through the defense. Pink Floyd's Fernando Gartxot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Şemsettin Oğuzer in the 97th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded F.C internazionale left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Pink Floyd.