U21 World League

Keşan Arena
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Göktan Sidam started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Super Penalitop getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Hermengildo Reno hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Foro in the 8th minute of play forced nRdLiFe's goalkeeper Gürhan Nahit to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 9 played minutes Super Penalitop got a freekick which was hit by Marco Foro. Göktan Sidam recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Super Penalitop's Lion Milei proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Super Penalitop from getting a goal against them. After 19 played minutes nRdLiFe got a freekick which was hit by Yılmaz Necmi. The supporters of nRdLiFe booed when Super Penalitop was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ruperto Joey didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Super Penalitop's zone, Aytekin Esay stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lion Milei came out of the goal and Aytekin Esay tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Justino Bernal hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After having played for 28 minutes, Justino Bernal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Super Penalitop's supporters crossed their fingers, but Justino Bernal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Justino Bernal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gürhan Nahit was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Justino Bernal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Gürhan Nahit tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gürhan Nahit showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremias Felipillo in the 37th minute of the match. Göktan Sidam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lion Milei having to interfere. If Göktan Sidam had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Justino Bernal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gürhan Nahit was a little too slow when Justino Bernal got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 58th minute. The score was now 0-1. In the 64th match minute, Super Penalitop was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ruperto Joey to maneuver through the defense. Super Penalitop's Santiago Ixona was substituted for Mórits Kaa. After 66 played minutes Super Penalitop got a freekick which was hit by Ruperto Joey. Göktan Sidam blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lion Milei having to make a save. With a little luck, nRdLiFe's Gürhan Nahit got control of the ball when Laureano Ramond tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gürhan Nahit showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laureano Ramond, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Laureano Ramond hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Jeremias Felipillo hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Aytekin Esay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of nRdLiFe booed when Super Penalitop was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jeremias Felipillo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Super Penalitop's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.