U23 World League

PLAYSTATION BOWL
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adan Francho got the match started through his kick off. Celedonio Urtzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ant Peyam in the 3rd minute of the match. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Ant Peyam sped through WINNING ELEVEN's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Celedonio Urtzi. Celedonio Urtzi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Batur Mahmut in the 8th minute of play. In the 11th minute Ant Peyam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celedonio Urtzi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Celedonio Urtzi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Batur Mahmut kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. A collision led to WINNING ELEVEN getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Inocencio Eneas hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as WINNING ELEVEN's Adan Francho slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Yağızalp Özerkmen. That made the score 1-1 after 24 minutes of play. After a defensive mix-up in WINNING ELEVEN's zone, Süreyya Beysan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Celedonio Urtzi came out of the goal and Süreyya Beysan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 29th minute Ant Peyam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celedonio Urtzi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Celedonio Urtzi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Süreyya Beysan's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. In the 34th minute Süreyya Beysan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celedonio Urtzi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 37 minutes, Adan Francho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. WINNING ELEVEN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adan Francho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Los Tatangelos getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Münir Akyazıcı hit a great ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bilal Pekant to make the kick off. Celedonio Urtzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ant Peyam in the 50th minute of the match. Celedonio Urtzi made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Ant Peyam sent off a good shot on target. Bilal Pekant's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Celedonio Urtzi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. In the 55th match minute, WINNING ELEVEN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian-Federico Romero to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to WINNING ELEVEN getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Inocencio Eneas hit a great ball. 63 minutes into the match, WINNING ELEVEN's goal looked a bit too open when Süreyya Beysan came free, but Celedonio Urtzi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Ant Peyam's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Celedonio Urtzi was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by WINNING ELEVEN's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ant Peyam was slow to take the kick. During this time Los Tatangelos's players had a chance to rest. The audience thought a goal was coming when Süreyya Beysan got free with Celedonio Urtzi in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 74 played minutes WINNING ELEVEN got a freekick which was hit by Isidoro Mirande. Los Tatangelos's Süreyya Beysan got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Süreyya Beysan in the 79th minute of play forced WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Celedonio Urtzi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Los Tatangelos's Ant Peyam slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Celedonio Urtzi. That made the score 1-2 after 84 minutes of play. In the 90th minute, Ant Peyam reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Celedonio Urtzi. The goal made the score 1-3. When the match was over Los Tatangelos could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than WINNING ELEVEN throughout the match.