U23 World League

KING GREEN ARENA
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) After a rather tough play, ESPİYESPOR's Dündar Yağın got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 4th minute Adamantios Balafoutis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nejat Ersavaş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Dündar Yağın had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arda Ozan Turaç recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Panos Stelakos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arda Ozan Turaç went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. ESPİYESPOR's Nejat Ersavaş proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save ESPİYESPOR from getting a goal against them. In the 27th minute, Trifillia.FC's Omiros Venetidis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Adamantios Balafoutis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nejat Ersavaş made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Omiros Venetidis sent off a good shot on target. Nejat Ersavaş made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Adamantios Balafoutis sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Omiros Venetidis took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Nejat Ersavaş to make any attempt to save it. Panos Stelakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arda Ozan Turaç in the 45th minute of play.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Mertsanidis in the 51st minute of play forced ESPİYESPOR's goalkeeper Nejat Ersavaş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 52 minutes, Cem Tecer mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ESPİYESPOR and the Trifillia.FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cem Tecer kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Nejat Ersavaş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Markos Pittarakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Mertsanidis in the 54th minute of play forced ESPİYESPOR's goalkeeper Nejat Ersavaş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th minute, Dündar Yağın got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Fivos Tzanetakis hit a great ball. 60 minutes into the match, ESPİYESPOR's goal looked a bit too open when Adamantios Balafoutis came free, but Nejat Ersavaş reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Cem Tecer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 64 minutes of play, Trifillia.FC's Omiros Venetidis made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nejat Ersavaş was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nejat Ersavaş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Omiros Venetidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 69th match minute, Trifillia.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Omiros Venetidis to maneuver through the defense. After 75 played minutes ESPİYESPOR got a freekick which was hit by Seyhun Onursoy. A collision led to ESPİYESPOR getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Arda Ozan Turaç hit a great ball. Panos Stelakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Emir Vezir in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st minute Omiros Venetidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nejat Ersavaş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Mertsanidis in the 83rd minute of play forced ESPİYESPOR's goalkeeper Nejat Ersavaş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Bedir Şikel fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ESPİYESPOR's protests and gave Bedir Şikel a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, ESPİYESPOR's Bedir Şikel got a free kick in the 86th minute. ESPİYESPOR's Nejat Ersavaş played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Markos Pittarakis in the 87th minute of play. When Markos Pittarakis came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Trifillia.FC 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 Markos Pittarakis couldn't finish the play. When Ahmet Emir Vezir fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ESPİYESPOR's protests and gave Ahmet Emir Vezir a yellow card for diving instead. Ahmet Emir Vezir hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. After 96 minutes of play ESPİYESPOR's Bedir Şikel was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 97 played minutes ESPİYESPOR got a freekick which was hit by Bedir Şikel. There was no doubt that Trifillia.FC were the better team. Trifillia.FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.