The San Marino Under 19 team dreams with Cola, then Turkey turns them on 3-1 • newsrimini.it
It is a day to remember, the one that marks the debut of the National U19 of San Marino in qualifications for the European category. The Group 9, which includes Turkey, Romania and Latvia with San Marino, is underway in Antalya. And with the Turkish hosts, on Wednesday afternoon, the Titans made their debut in the competition.
What develops from the first minutes is a balanced game, where the Turks mainly manage possession, but Bonesso’s boys work well on the passing lines, holding the pitch well and making the opponent’s phrasing sterile. At 10 ‘excellent closing in a corner by Giambalvo, who neutralizes a promising Turkish attack. The hosts collect positions, on which the San Marino team has no embarrassments, also resulting short and compact on the circulation, in fact denying the conclusion on more than one occasion to the forwards of Turkey. The red and white do not skimp on hard interventions and Ceylan is paying the price, booked at the quarter of an hour.
Not a race of pure defensive sacrifice, that of San Marino, able to capitalize on the first good opportunity. In the middle of the fraction, Lazzari bowl in the center a free-kick which, rejected by the defensive package, comes from the parts of Mattia Cola. Sudden and peremptory the thrust from inside the area that beats the Turkish goalkeeper and gives San Marino the advantage. A goal received with extraordinary satisfaction by the players and the bench, which reserves a place in the history of San Marino international football for the attacker registered with Sammaurese.
Goal that understandably changes time in the game, with the Turks sinning with nervousness and excessive fouls: in the half hour the second yellow arrives, this time at Sahindere’s address for a bad intervention on Nicolò Sancisi. Previously, the home coach had already put his hand to the bench, throwing Yigit into the fray. The San Marino advantage held up until the final straight of the first half, when Sahindere took advantage of a rebound at the edge of the area to punish Amici from a short distance.
In the second half Turkey raised the engine revs, intending to overturn the score. Which is configured at 52 ‘, with Altunbas able to finalize a choral action. Bonesso spends some changes after the hour of play, inserting D’Addario, Terenzi and Mattia Sancisi. I at home are not satisfied, understandably, with the slightest advantage and try to win the third from potential research opportunities. Network that arrives with the blow from distance of Sahindere, for the personal double – recorded at 84 ‘. Before the end there is also space for Ercolani and Ugolini. At the final whistle it was 3-1 for Turkey, on the sidelines of a memorable performance by San Marino, who interpreted the match correctly, never lacking a spirit of sacrifice and collaboration on the pitch, until the last second and in all departments.
The satisfaction of the goal on the European field is the icing on the cake, not only for Cola, and the right reward for the efforts made in months of training and matches. The Biancoazzurrini will return to the field on Saturday 13 November to face Russia.
EURO U-19, Preliminary round | Turkey-San Marino 3-1
TURKEY [4-3-3]
Moradaoglu; Ceylan (from 23 ‘S. Yigit), Sahindere, Kaplan, Gulay (from 46’ Karatas); Akgun, B. Yigit, Celtik; Demir,
Altunbas (from 67 ‘Aydin), Abay (from 46’ Cebeci)
Available: Cetin, Bayram, Zehir, Altikardes, Yaldir
Coach: Mehmet Yildrim
SAN MARINO [5-4-1]
Friends; Severi (from 89 ‘Ercolani), Giambalvo, Pasolini, Guidi, Guerra (from 78’ Terenzi); Cola (from 89 ‘Ugolini),
Dolcini, N. Sancisi (from 78 ‘M. Sancisi), Lazzari; Gasperoni (from 67 ‘D’Addario)
Available: Battistini, Zavoli, Casali, Morini
Coach: Alessandro Loris Bonesso
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (ALB)
Assistants: Mario Shazivari (ALB) and Romain Devillers (BEL)
Fourth Official: Bram Van Driessche (BEL)
Scorers: 21 ‘Cola, 39’, 84 ‘Sahindere, 52’ Altunbas
Bookings: Ceylan, Guerra, Sahindere, Kaplan
FSGC | Press office