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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Turgut Soyuer got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Turgut Soyuer came free, but Bruno Antognoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cankut Wakabayashi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carmine Gargano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Turgut Soyuer might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bruno Antognoni. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Turgut Soyuer ran back to his position shaking his head. Bruno Antognoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Turgut Soyuer in the 11th minute of the match. Cankut Wakabayashi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rui Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute Italy were awarded a corner. Alessandro Mara went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 24th minute, Turgut Soyuer made a precise shot to the right of Bruno Antognoni. Italy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bar Olo in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cankut Wakabayashi saved Turkey from getting behind. Cankut Wakabayashi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bar Olo's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. In the 33rd minute Italy were awarded a corner. Alessandro Mara went to the cornerflag to take it. Alessandro Mara made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that Turkey's Cankut Wakabayashi managed to reach the ball for a save. Cankut Wakabayashi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carmine Gargano, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Bruno Antognoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Turgut Soyuer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elia Scarinci in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cankut Wakabayashi saved Turkey from getting behind. With an all-out effort, Turkey's Bruno Antognoni threw himself towards the right post 47 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Turgut Soyuer, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Elia Scarinci was the one to do the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Italy's Bar Olo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cankut Wakabayashi. That made the score 1-1 after 51 minutes of play. Cankut Wakabayashi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bar Olo in the 55th minute of the match. Italy's Enzo Luongo was substituted for Elia Scarinci. In the 59th minute Turkey were awarded a corner. Servet Sönmez went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Servet Sönmez got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bruno Antognoni quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 70th minute Zé Dos Reis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Antognoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Cuma Oruk came free, but Bruno Antognoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers İbrahim Efe Topdemir in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bruno Antognoni saved Italy from getting behind. Bruno Antognoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cuma Oruk in the 75th minute of the match. Cankut Wakabayashi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Zoccolo, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. 80 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Zé Dos Reis came free, but Bruno Antognoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Donato Zoccolo in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cankut Wakabayashi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bruno Antognoni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from İbrahim Efe Topdemir went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Enzo Luongo scored 2-3 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cankut Wakabayashi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, Turkey's Cankut Wakabayashi got control of the ball when Enzo Luongo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Italy's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.