World League

Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 8512 (Terracing: 6385, Seating: 1957, VIP seats: 170) Johannes Kruuse started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the game, Samuel Etoo threw the ball into play from the sideline. S.C. Corinthians Paulista's Doğuhan Alpaslan quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 4 minutes into the game, XL-Azrail Team's 康雄霆 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fırat Aytekin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The throw-in from Doğuhan Alpaslan in the 8th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by XL-Azrail Team's Samuel Etoo. A sloppy throw-in by Yasen Súlov in the 12th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by S.C. Corinthians Paulista's Doğuhan Alpaslan. In the 17th minute, Abdulvahit Erencan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19thth minute of the game Johannes Kruuse who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nurkan Beycan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cícero Dionísio in the 23rd minute of the match. 25 minutes into the game, Ciro da Silveira threw the ball into play from the sideline. XL-Azrail Team's Abdulvahit Erencan quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Cícero Dionísio kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Fırat Aytekin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 康雄霆 in the 40th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 康雄霆 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Johannes Kruuse shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nurkan Beycan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdulvahit Erencan kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind XL-Azrail Team's goalkeeper Nurkan Beycan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by XL-Azrail Team's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ciro da Silveira was slow to take the kick. During this time S.C. Corinthians Paulista's players had a chance to rest. Ciro da Silveira made a great header on S.C. Corinthians Paulista's corner, it was just that XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan managed to reach the ball for a save. In a very dangerous position, a player in XL-Azrail Team fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 61st minute. Penalty! In the 64th minute there was a penalty for S.C. Corinthians Paulista. Johannes Kruuse stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Nurkan Beycan. 1-1. XL-Azrail Team's Fatih-Sultan Tekke was substituted for 康雄霆. S.C. Corinthians Paulista made a substitution. Valdecir Carlos replaced Edgard de Lima. S.C. Corinthians Paulista made a substitution. Evandro Trancoso replaced Johannes Kruuse. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind XL-Azrail Team's goalkeeper Nurkan Beycan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nurkan Beycan came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by S.C. Corinthians Paulista's Zuberoa Ezquerra. But to his dismay, Zuberoa Ezquerra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. S.C. Corinthians Paulista's Fırat Aytekin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save S.C. Corinthians Paulista from getting a goal against them. After 82 minutes, Evandro Trancoso made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 85th minute Wieland Wipp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fırat Aytekin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, S.C. Corinthians Paulista's goalkeeper Fırat Aytekin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fatih-Sultan Tekke. Aietes Rigatoss short, quick shot in the 90thth minute got Fırat Aytekin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zuberoa Ezquerra in the 93rd minute of play forced XL-Azrail Team's goalkeeper Nurkan Beycan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. XL-Azrail Team's Nurkan Beycan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Evandro Trancoso in the 95th minute of play. S.C. Corinthians Paulista's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.