World League

phoenix arena
Spectators: 7565 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nils Siöberg kicked off to start the match. Artemio Domenech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bertil Wassenius in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute Nils Siöberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miromir Kociniewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kamil Babacan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Artemio Domenech made a huge save. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by C.A.JORGOVAN's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rüknettin Tosunoğlu was slow to take the kick. During this time G . S A R A Y's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on G . S A R A Y's corner Nils-Christian Løvberg fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Artemio Domenech quite easily take care of the ball. G . S A R A Y's Miromir Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nils Siöberg in the 21st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svante Åberg in the 23rd minute of play forced C.A.JORGOVAN's goalkeeper Artemio Domenech to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When G . S A R A Y's Bertil Wassenius in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye C.A.JORGOVAN's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Bertil Wassenius's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artemio Domenech was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. In the 30th minute Bertil Wassenius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artemio Domenech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. G . S A R A Y were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after C.A.JORGOVAN's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Rüknettin Tosunoğlu took the corner. G . S A R A Y's Svante Åberg was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Artemio Domenech in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Gonzalo Hoya managed to get in a good position for a shot. C.A.JORGOVAN's supporters rose to their feet, but Gonzalo Hoya was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Miromir Kociniewski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 41 minutes into the match, C.A.JORGOVAN's goal looked a bit too open when Bertil Wassenius came free, but Artemio Domenech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of C.A.JORGOVAN booed when G . S A R A Y was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nils-Christian Løvberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. 47 minutes into the match, G . S A R A Y's Bertil Wassenius sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Artemio Domenech narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kamil Babacan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Artemio Domenech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kamil Babacan in the 58th minute of play. Artemio Domenech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kamil Babacan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Miromir Kociniewski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gonzalo Hoya in the 60th minute. C.A.JORGOVAN were furious when Godfredo Mikeldi was red carded, 66 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. C.A.JORGOVAN's Victorino Ado was substituted for Nils Siöberg. 65 minutes into the game, one of C.A.JORGOVAN:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. G . S A R A Y were awarded a corner in the 71th minute after C.A.JORGOVAN's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Rüknettin Tosunoğlu took the corner. Victorino Ado did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-2 to the left of a surprised Miromir Kociniewski 76 minutes into the match. With an all-out effort, C.A.JORGOVAN's Miromir Kociniewski threw himself towards the right post 80 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Victorino Ado, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Victorino Ado blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Miromir Kociniewski having to make a save. In the 90th minute of the match, Victorino Ado tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Miromir Kociniewski saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 93 minutes into the game, G . S A R A Y's Kamil Babacan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Artemio Domenech made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 97th match minute, C.A.JORGOVAN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victorino Ado to maneuver through the defense.