World League

Szombathely Aréna
Spectators: 8459 (Terracing: 6345, Seating: 1945, VIP seats: 169) A collision led to Szombathely Squirrels getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Arif Ozan Nefer hit a great ball. 6 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's goal looked a bit too open when Bai Jun Chong came free, but Lütfü Öktemer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arnold Szuper showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudiu Răducanu in the 9th minute of the match. In the 14th minute Luciano Aued shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lütfü Öktemer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tarmo Elken made in the 15th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Luciano Aued immediately put the ball in play. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Szombathely Squirrels's goalkeeper Arnold Szuper, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 19 minutes into the game, MARAZZINO's Claudiu Răducanu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arnold Szuper made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Arnold Szuper took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dacian Zburliş, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Lütfü Öktemer managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Szombathely Squirrels's Michel Goiano fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Lei Jian Xiong's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lütfü Öktemer firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tivadar Demeter kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. After having played for 42 minutes, Dacian Zburliş managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MARAZZINO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dacian Zburliş was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Claudiu Răducanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Arnold Szuper tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, MARAZZINO's İshak Kurhan got a free kick in the 44th minute. Lütfü Öktemer acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 45th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Bai Jun Chong. Arnold Szuper showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mieszko Pilsudski, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tivadar Demeter to make the kick off. After 53 minutes, Tarmo Elken mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Szombathely Squirrels and the MARAZZINO players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 53rd match minute, Szombathely Squirrels was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tarmo Elken to maneuver through the defense. Arnold Szuper took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudiu Răducanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Szombathely Squirrels getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. József Varga hit a great ball. Lütfü Öktemer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tivadar Demeter in the 57th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lei Jian Xiong in the 60th minute of play forced MARAZZINO's goalkeeper Lütfü Öktemer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 69th minute of the game. One of Szombathely Squirrels:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of MARAZZINO:s goal. Arnold Szuper had in the 70thth minute some difficulties stopping İshak Kurhan's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After a beautiful solo achivement in the 70th minute, İshak Kurhan easily set the score to 0-2 through a well directed shot that entered the goal by the right post. Szombathely Squirrels's Tamás Szentesi was substituted for Bai Jun Chong. Claudiu Răducanu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arnold Szuper read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. Arnold Szuper showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudiu Răducanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. 79 minutes into the match, MARAZZINO's goal looked a bit too open when Lei Jian Xiong came free, but Lütfü Öktemer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lei Jian Xiong took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lütfü Öktemer. Lütfü Öktemer dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tivadar Demeter in the 87th minute of play forced MARAZZINO's goalkeeper Lütfü Öktemer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lütfü Öktemer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lei Jian Xiong, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 95th minute Tamás Szentesi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lütfü Öktemer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.