U21 World League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 7874 (Terracing: 5906, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 157) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cumhur Atasan started the match with the kick off. After 5 minutes, Yavuz Selim Özkan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Andırın SK and the Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gerardo Beila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruhi Ağırtaş in the 6th minute of the match. Tahsin Paksu hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. After 11 played minutes, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Alfredo Iraunkor shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ali Nabi Eskioğlu came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ reached it. 17 minutes into the match, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's goal looked a bit too open when Cumhur Atasan came free, but Gerardo Beila reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruhi Ağırtaş in the 27th minute of play forced Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's goalkeeper Gerardo Beila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute, Lino Castel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. After a rather tough play, Andırın SK's Cumhur Atasan got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Gerardo Beila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruhi Ağırtaş in the 35th minute of the match. Gerardo Beila showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruhi Ağırtaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Ali Nabi Eskioğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Iraunkor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ali Nabi Eskioğlu was out of position in the 42 minute of play, and Alfredo Iraunkor capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alfredo Iraunkor really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. In the 48th minute Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ were awarded a corner. Alfredo Iraunkor went to the cornerflag to take it. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Ivan Nayely was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ali Nabi Eskioğlu in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alfredo Iraunkor stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Yavuz Selim Özkan took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 54th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gerardo Beila. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Merih Oyman charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Merih Oyman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 62nd minute, Merih Oyman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cumhur Atasan kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Lino Castel kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. In the 75th minute Anacleto Ciceron shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Nabi Eskioğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute Cumhur Atasan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerardo Beila saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Andırın SK's Cumhur Atasan in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's goalie prevented a goal. In the 78th minute, Erubiel Beltran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gerardo Beila made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Cumhur Atasan sent off a good shot on target. Cumhur Atasan came free with the goalkeeper in the 86th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Gerardo Beila could save by the left post. After 89 played minutes Andırın SK got a freekick which was hit by Cumhur Atasan. Gerardo Beila didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ruhi Ağırtaş went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. The referee felt a red card was in order, 98 minutes into the game, when Merih Oyman put in a rough tackle. After 97 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Andırın SK! Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Andırın SK to leave the ground with a draw.