U23 World League

Estadio NicoMedia
Spectators: 7830 (Terracing: 5874, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Mevlüt Tacir started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mevlüt Tacir got free with Alfonso Lander in the 2nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Alfonso Lander managed to avoid a goal in the 10thth minute, when ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Mevlüt Tacir fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 13th minute, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Adriano Boonen dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Alfonso Lander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bora Han Hanecioğlu in the 17th minute of play. In the 21st minute Marcelo Tajo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Galip Mecnun scored 2-0 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alfonso Lander, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bora Han Hanecioğlu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carlos Baptista stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Elijo Conchas's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. In the 41st minute, Feridun Yeler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Paso FC getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Côme Verga hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Bora Han Hanecioğlu managed to get in a good position for a shot. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's supporters rose to their feet, but Bora Han Hanecioğlu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alfonso Lander breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 47th minute, Pete Violento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Elijo Conchas to strike the kick off in the second half. Ildefonso Chepe could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Carlos Baptista made a huge save. Bora Han Hanecioğlu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Adriano Boonen put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Alfonso Lander. In the 56th match minute, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nurtekin Gökçek to maneuver through the defense. Carlos Baptista was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Parto Upīte. Galip Mecnun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 60 minutes, Pete Violento mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Paso FC and the ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Paso FC's Pete Violento got a free kick in the 60th minute. Elijo Conchas charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elijo Conchas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 68th minute, Emre Mor ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alfonso Lander was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Côme Verga hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Parto Upīte charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Parto Upīte the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Parto Upīte kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Alfonso Lander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mevlüt Tacir in the 78th minute of the match. Carlos Baptista made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcelo Tajo in the 79th minute. A collision led to Paso FC getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Lindo Upīte hit a great ball. Paso FC's Alfonso Lander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mevlüt Tacir in the 84th minute of play. Bora Han Hanecioğlu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 87 minutes of play, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Mevlüt Tacir made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfonso Lander was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Paso FC's Lindo Upīte got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 93rd minute Galip Mecnun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Lander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 94 played minutes ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ got a freekick which was hit by Galip Mecnun. Paso FC's Parto Upīte shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 95th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Carlos Baptista but with some difficulty. There was no doubt that ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ were the better team. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.