World League

Arena H4K
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ahmet Ali Yücesan made the kick off which started today's match. Ceferino Uzuri blasted a shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Antonio Buccella having to make a save. In the 6th minute Ceferino Uzuri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Buccella saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xiao Zhen Yun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Through an outstanding action, after 7 minutes, Merdin Merdaci successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Xiao Zhen Yun might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Merdin Merdaci. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xiao Zhen Yun ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, ♪Ω★ Vysčø¢hįtø Çųěřvø ★Ω♪'s Merdin Merdaci got control of the ball when Xiao Zhen Yun tried to sneak it across the goal line. Merdin Merdaci didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xiao Zhen Yun went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. H4K.BR's Antonio Buccella played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ceferino Uzuri in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ovidiu Goanță in the 31st minute of play forced ♪Ω★ Vysčø¢hįtø Çųěřvø ★Ω♪'s goalkeeper Merdin Merdaci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Xiao Zhen Yun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Merdin Merdaci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xiao Zhen Yun in the 33rd minute of play. If Xiao Zhen Yun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Xiao Zhen Yun could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Merdin Merdaci made a huge save. In the 41st minute Claudinho Toledo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Merdin Merdaci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xiao Zhen Yun blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Merdin Merdaci having to make a save. Merdin Merdaci made an important save on a dangerous shot by Xiao Zhen Yun in the 43rd minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ceferino Uzuri was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in ♪Ω★ Vysčø¢hįtø Çųěřvø ★Ω♪'s zone, Ahmet Ali Yücesan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Merdin Merdaci came out of the goal and Ahmet Ali Yücesan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Merdin Merdaci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xiao Zhen Yun in the 60th minute of the match. In the 60thth minute of the game Xiao Zhen Yun who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ♪Ω★ Vysčø¢hįtø Çųěřvø ★Ω♪'s Merdin Merdaci was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 62 minutes into the match, ♪Ω★ Vysčø¢hįtø Çųěřvø ★Ω♪'s goal looked a bit too open when Xiao Zhen Yun came free, but Merdin Merdaci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. H4K.BR's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ceferino Uzuri 69 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-2. ♪Ω★ Vysčø¢hįtø Çųěřvø ★Ω♪ made a substitution. Thalis Mileta replaced Federico Garci. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xiao Zhen Yun in the 78th minute of play forced ♪Ω★ Vysčø¢hįtø Çųěřvø ★Ω♪'s goalkeeper Merdin Merdaci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 79 minutes into the game, when Severo Barbosa put in a rough tackle. H4K.BR made a substitution. Reynaldo Travassos replaced Ahmet Ali Yücesan. In the 79th minute, one of H4K.BR:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for H4K.BR. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Ricardo Quintan sped through H4K.BR's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Antonio Buccella. Antonio Buccella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thalis Mileta in the 88th minute of play. Antonio Buccella showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lisandro Eate, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as ♪Ω★ Vysčø¢hįtø Çųěřvø ★Ω♪'s Ricardo Quintan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Antonio Buccella. That made the score 1-5 after 91 minutes of play. In the 95th minute, Thalis Mileta reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Antonio Buccella. The goal made the score 1-6. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ♪Ω★ Vysčø¢hįtø Çųěřvø ★Ω♪ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.