World League

Gocław Arena
Spectators: 8065 (Terracing: 6050, Seating: 1855, VIP seats: 160) Los Muñes de Don Cuco's Nuralp Başdemir started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nuralp Başdemir in the 5th minute of play forced Gocław Wilga Warszawa's goalkeeper Ovidiu Cosâmbescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Los Muñes de Don Cuco's Wilfredo Mero managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Fortunato Froněk in the 7 minute of the game. Nuralp Başdemir might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ovidiu Cosâmbescu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nuralp Başdemir ran back to his position shaking his head. Hugon Brzakala scored 1-0 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Baron Buffon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 25th minute of the match Los Muñes de Don Cuco got a corner. Gocław Wilga Warszawa's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Guaberto Jacindo ran over to the corner to take the kick. A throw-in in the 29th minute of the game was made by Stanislaw Koperski with Adam Chazon as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Hugon Brzakala took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Baron Buffon. Baron Buffon dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Hugon Brzakala sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gocław Wilga Warszawa's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guaberto Jacindo was slow to take the kick. During this time Los Muñes de Don Cuco's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Los Muñes de Don Cuco's Guaberto Jacindo to a score. 2-1 in the 42nd minute. After a rather tough play, Los Muñes de Don Cuco's Wilfredo Mero got a free kick in the 46th minute. Gocław Wilga Warszawa's Dawid Rudy was substituted for Fortunato Froněk. After a rather tough play, Los Muñes de Don Cuco's Peyami Hasanbeyli got a free kick in the 48th minute. It was beautiful to see Gocław Wilga Warszawa's Stanislaw Koperski in action when he in the 50th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dobromir Juchno was the one to do the kick off. Baron Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dobromir Juchno in the 55th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Nuralp Başdemir's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ovidiu Cosâmbescu was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. In the 63rd minute, Dobromir Juchno got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Los Muñes de Don Cuco's Rien Oss was substituted for Nuralp Başdemir. Los Muñes de Don Cuco's Ramon Pero was substituted for Peyami Hasanbeyli. If Dobromir Juchno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Baron Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dobromir Juchno in the 71st minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, Dobromir Juchno left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gocław Wilga Warszawa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. With a little luck, Gocław Wilga Warszawa's Ovidiu Cosâmbescu got control of the ball when Bradley Barrett tried to sneak it across the goal line. 81 minutes into the match, Gocław Wilga Warszawa's goalkeeper Ovidiu Cosâmbescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Guaberto Jacindo. Los Muñes de Don Cuco's Bradley Barrett got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 85 played minutes Los Muñes de Don Cuco got a freekick which was hit by Guaberto Jacindo. After 91 minutes, Huang Zhan Xuan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Muñes de Don Cuco and the Gocław Wilga Warszawa players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 91st minute, Huang Zhan Xuan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd minute Dobromir Juchno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Baron Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ovidiu Cosâmbescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rien Oss in the 96th minute of play. Gocław Wilga Warszawa were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Los Muñes de Don Cuco for a fine match.