EURO U-17 2022-23, Group 13
It’s up to Turkey and San Marino to open Group 13 qualifying for the U17 European Championships next year. It is played in Bulgaria, where the equal and home side crossed Switzerland in the afternoon, yielding 0-2. Zayim presents your Turkey with a 4-3-3 front-wheel drive, Cancelli deploys San Marino on two lines of four, delegating the attack maneuver to Giacopetti and Capicchioni.
Launch of the Turks, shooting with Sargin – deflected by Cervellini – already in the 3 ‘. On the following corner the half-wing tries again, with poor accuracy. The Titans often rely on the shots of Giacopetti, precious in protecting the ball granted to San Marino to get up and catch his breath. The first opportunity of San Marino on 11 ‘, with an action set by the defense and discharged by Capicchioni in favor of Cervellini. The post of the latter sends Yazici face to face with the goalkeeper, who is saved for a corner. The San Marino winger is no longer lucky on the developments of the same, concluding on the side.
Good work on the defensive trocar for San Marino, which forces Turkey to move into the lane. At the turn of the quarter of an hour a header by Arkutcu that does not create embarrassment for Jacopo Casadei, then good at neutralizing the enveloping opponent’s maneuver in high grip. Instead, Tommaso Benvenuti’s timing is needed to foil a dangerous initiative in the open area, orchestrated by the usual Arkutcu at 19 ‘. After a while, the advantage of Turkey with Karahisar, able to jump on the cross of Ozcan and inflate the bag of head. Convinced San Marino protests for the cross arrived, perhaps, after having crossed the bottom line. The Lusitanian referee does not have the same idea and approves the advantage.
Biancazzurri forward with the very young Bindi (class ’07) in the 26th minute: cross that forces the Turkish defense to free for a corner. From a corner, another ball in the middle from which Turkey starts again: Giacomo Benvenuti’s closing in extremis is decisive. The Titans are in the game and in the half hour Capicchioni looks for the stunt without scratching the extreme opponent. The subsequent combination between Riccardi and Capicchioni frees Cervellini beyond the Turkish defensive line, which closes like a hedgehog avoiding dangers. A minute later Giacopetti tries, but his attempt from an interesting position crashes on the body of the respective scorer.
Turkey replies with Ozcan’s blow without fail, who must bow to the monumental intervention of Jacopo Casadei, who was also decisive on Kizildemir’s attempt. Where the extreme guest does not arrive, there is the regulation: at 41 ‘Turkey sees the doubling of Karahisar canceled, in an evidently irregular position on Casadei’s rebound on Sargin. Thus, San Marino builds the opportunity to get back on track even in the score. in fact the 43 Capicchioni extends his head for Yazi, who starts with the right timing for ‘when he prepares between the ball and the opponent. Once you have gained the position, maintain a clear-headedness and coldness to pierce evikkan in the corner. Uncontainable joy for players and the bench, a sign in good style and on the sidelines of a well-planned, refined and finalized action. Unfortunately, the emotion does not arrive in the locker room: at the end of the fraction Mete invents the euro-goal of 2-1, hitting the intersection from a considerable distance.
San Marino tries to pick up where he left off at the start of the second half, with Riccardi’s cross-shot slightly abundant. Turkey then fails to break through on the side of Yazici – precious even in retreat -, touching the three of a kind with Sargin. Shortly after the game hour Arkutcu tries it from a distance, sending skyrocketing. At the halfway point of the second half, San Marino builds the ball of 2-2 with the descent of Riccardi, which he proposes in the center for Capicchioni – close to equalizing in acrobatics.
On the opposite front, a penalty for chasing away thoughts for Turkey: Marco Casadei intervenes foully on Sargin. From the spot Karahisar, who has to deal with Jacopo Casadei – extraordinary in neutralizing the penalty. Only in the final will the Turks be able to put the three points on ice, passing the restart with Canpolat in the 79th minute. Previously, Riccardi had tried it from a distance. Onur Zayim’s men added to the scoring tally two minutes later, thanks to Efe Akman – at the end of an insistent action at the gates of the penalty area – and again Canpolat, always on the counterattack. Before the overturning, a nice Protti-Semperlotti combination, which had produced an interesting cross for Della Balda.
The final 5-1 was too severe for the Biancazzurrini, authors of a positive and proactive performance against the opposing contingents. In three days, the match against Switzerland – seed of the group.