U18 World League

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Spectators: 7789 (Terracing: 5843, Seating: 1791, VIP seats: 155) After a rather tough play, Lunatics of Arianrhod's Emilio Alessandro got a free kick in the 8th minute. Lunatics of Arianrhod were furious when Amedeo Baruffa was red carded, 12 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 14th minute there was a penalty for CAN ERZURUM. Özden Uruç stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Ciro Sarnelli. 0-1. Ciro Sarnelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Baran İkbal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ciro Sarnelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Baran İkbal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emilio Alessandro charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emilio Alessandro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Lunatics of Arianrhod getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Emilio Alessandro hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rahim Bekiroğlu during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 27th minute, Rahim Bekiroğlu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Özden Uruç was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 40th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Ciro Sarnelli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Faruk Nafiz Ökmener, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rahim Bekiroğlu to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Lunatics of Arianrhod's Filippo Pani got a free kick in the 59th minute. Ali Baran İkbal's late challenge caught a Lunatics of Arianrhod's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ali Baran İkbal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 63rd match minute, CAN ERZURUM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Baran İkbal to maneuver through the defense. Faruk Nafiz Ökmener's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 65thth minute, Ciro Sarnelli skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Hakkı Deniz Yerlikaya charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hakkı Deniz Yerlikaya the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 68 played minutes CAN ERZURUM got a freekick which was hit by Hakkı Deniz Yerlikaya. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Faruk Nafiz Ökmener in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ciro Sarnelli saved Lunatics of Arianrhod from getting behind. With an all-out effort, CAN ERZURUM's Ciro Sarnelli threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Faruk Nafiz Ökmener, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a little luck, Lunatics of Arianrhod's Ciro Sarnelli got control of the ball when Faruk Nafiz Ökmener tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 89th minute Faruk Nafiz Ökmener shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Sarnelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Davide Flammini fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lunatics of Arianrhod's protests and gave Davide Flammini a yellow card for diving instead. After 94 played minutes Lunatics of Arianrhod got a freekick which was hit by Davide Flammini. The Lunatics of Arianrhod supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching CAN ERZURUM's performance. The match ended with a win for CAN ERZURUM.