U23 World League

Estádio BARRACA
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Mustafa Barış Sanat started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Máximo Gold sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Tansel İftihar fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fear Of The Dark's protests and gave Tansel İftihar a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Fear Of The Dark getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Tansel İftihar hit a great ball. In the 12th minute, Diamantino Tande left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The POPULAR F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 18th minute of the game. One of Fear Of The Dark:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of POPULAR F.C:s goal. 25 minutes into the match, POPULAR F.C's Diamantino Tande sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Akil Kırman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Kaká Fantini fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored POPULAR F.C's protests and gave Kaká Fantini a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Fear Of The Dark booed when POPULAR F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kaká Fantini didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of POPULAR F.C booed when Fear Of The Dark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmet Rıfat Zülfü didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Diamantino Tande had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Diamantino Tande received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Akil Kırman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Diamantino Tande made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 54 minutes, Diamantino Tande managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. POPULAR F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Diamantino Tande was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diamantino Tande in the 58th minute of play forced Fear Of The Dark's goalkeeper Akil Kırman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emílio Messias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmet Danış Yıldız, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 65th minute, Diamantino Tande made a precise shot to the right of Akil Kırman. Fear Of The Dark's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Akil Kırman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diamantino Tande in the 77th minute of the match. Tansel İftihar made in the 86th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Mustafa Barış Sanat. In the 89th minute, Diamantino Tande ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Akil Kırman was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Gazi Yaruk kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. POPULAR F.C were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Fear Of The Dark for a fine match.