World League

Arena Lucas Martins
Spectators: 7973 (Terracing: 5981, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) Basmane Texas's Franco Armani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Basmane Texas from getting a goal against them. 10 minutes in the game Luisinho do Nascimento did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Mazinho Mazza. 11 minutes into the match, Basmane Texas's goal looked a bit too open when Patrick Meira came free, but Franco Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mazinho Mazza got free with Franco Armani in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gürsel Aksel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gürsel Aksel in the 15th minute of play forced Los Hermanos CIMZ's goalkeeper Wojciech Duda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Franco Armani made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Mazinho Mazza sent off a good shot on target. In the 28th minute, Los Hermanos CIMZ's Mazinho Mazza ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Franco Armani. Franco Armani yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. A sloppy throw-in by Luisinho do Nascimento in the 33rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Basmane Texas's Ulvi Gencal. The crowd rose to their feet as Mazinho Mazza kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Franco Armani. That made the score 2-0 in the 37 minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Los Hermanos CIMZ's zone, Gürsel Aksel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wojciech Duda came out of the goal and Gürsel Aksel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Wojciech Duda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gürsel Aksel in the 45th minute of the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gürsel Aksel to strike the kick off in the second half. Wojciech Duda was out of position in the 59 minute of play, and Gürsel Aksel capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gürsel Aksel really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. 64 minutes into the match, Basmane Texas's Gürsel Aksel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wojciech Duda narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 70th minute Mazinho Mazza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Franco Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mazinho Mazza, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Varane in the 77th minute of play forced Basmane Texas's goalkeeper Franco Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Los Hermanos CIMZ's Dominik Lisewski got a free kick in the 79th minute. Basmane Texas made a substitution. Jan-Joost Sielis replaced Ulvi Gencal. Basmane Texas's Risto Luite was substituted for Borys Budarz. In the 81st match minute, Los Hermanos CIMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dominik Lisewski to maneuver through the defense. Patrick Meira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 94 minutes, Serkan Kocaman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Basmane Texas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Serkan Kocaman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Los Hermanos CIMZ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Basmane Texas for a fine match.