U21 World League

XL-Azrail Stadium
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gur Aslan started the match with the kick off. A collision led to XL-Azrail Team getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Erol Tokyüz hit a great ball. 6 minutes into the game, RÖK's Júlio Varela nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Celalettin Mert made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Erol Tokyüz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 9th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Yan Pirani. RÖK's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Batıkan Tekcan kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Celalettin Mert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Madureira, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. After 12 minutes, Cesinha Marquez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RÖK and the XL-Azrail Team players grew even worse after the yellow card. 13 minutes into the match, Hayri Sözmen notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of RÖK's Yan Pirani. Yan Pirani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Yan Pirani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gur Aslan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute Hızır Zeynelabidin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yan Pirani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erol Tokyüz kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Hayri Sözmen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Yan Pirani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yan Pirani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hızır Zeynelabidin went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the XL-Azrail Team defense, Cesinha Marquez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Celalettin Mert. The XL-Azrail Team fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Celalettin Mert should have stopped the shot. Gur Aslan hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. 34 minutes into the game, one of RÖK:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Celalettin Mert came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by RÖK's Francisco Novaes. But to his dismay, Francisco Novaes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. Cesinha Marquez hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 3-3 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Francisco Novaes made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Hayri Sözmen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yan Pirani. RÖK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hayri Sözmen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hızır Zeynelabidin during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Celalettin Mert made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cesinha Marquez in the 60th minute. In the 63rd match minute, RÖK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Vítor Loyola to maneuver through the defense. RÖK's Yan Pirani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Şafak Akgüngör in the 67th minute of play. After a rather tough play, RÖK's Francisco Novaes got a free kick in the 68th minute. XL-Azrail Team's Gur Aslan got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hayri Sözmen took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 78th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Yan Pirani. RÖK's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Gur Aslan notched a goal, 5-3, to the right of RÖK's Yan Pirani. Yan Pirani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the XL-Azrail Team defense, Francisco Novaes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Celalettin Mert. The XL-Azrail Team fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Celalettin Mert should have stopped the shot. Celalettin Mert made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Francisco Madureira sent off a good shot on target. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind RÖK's goalkeeper Yan Pirani, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind RÖK's goalkeeper Yan Pirani, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Francisco Madureira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Celalettin Mert made a huge save. 94 minutes into the game, Cesinha Marquez recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Celalettin Mert. Cesinha Marquez showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 5-5. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.