World League

Tele 2Arena
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Baldomero Sugar took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 9th minute George Bergfelt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uğuralp Vasfi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Robert Collen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nick Pope. Bajen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Robert Collen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 24th minute of the match, Sidney Porto tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Uğuralp Vasfi saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Baldomero Sugar hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. If Robert Collen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Nick Pope showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Collen, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Nicklas Trøjgaard took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Uğuralp Vasfi to make any attempt to save it. 39 minutes into the match, KOO Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Johan Johansson came free, but Uğuralp Vasfi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Uğuralp Vasfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johan Johansson in the 40th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, KOO Tigers's goalkeeper Uğuralp Vasfi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Baldomero Sugar. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Robert Collen to strike the kick off in the second half. KOO Tigers's attentive Emin Bayram managed to snatch the ball when Karl-Magnus Åkesson made a throw-in in the 54th minute of the game. Uğuralp Vasfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johan Johansson in the 61st minute of play. In the 64th minute Johan Johansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uğuralp Vasfi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sidney Porto in the 65th minute of play forced KOO Tigers's goalkeeper Uğuralp Vasfi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johan Johansson in the 69th minute of play forced KOO Tigers's goalkeeper Uğuralp Vasfi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. KOO Tigers's Selçuk Talayman was substituted for Mickey Rothwell. Robert Collen hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sidney Porto in the 75th minute of play forced KOO Tigers's goalkeeper Uğuralp Vasfi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Uğuralp Vasfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Norberg in the 77th minute of play. After 82 played minutes Bajen got a freekick which was hit by Karl-Magnus Åkesson. Nick Pope made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xiao Yu Chao in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johan Johansson in the 85th minute of play forced KOO Tigers's goalkeeper Uğuralp Vasfi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the KOO Tigers defense, Sidney Porto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Uğuralp Vasfi. The KOO Tigers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Uğuralp Vasfi should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Bajen getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Fazıl Hüsnü Toygun hit a great ball. Uğuralp Vasfi came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Bajen's Sidney Porto. But to his dismay, Sidney Porto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Bajen had played much better football throughout.