World League

Smyrna
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5765, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jean Britton started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 2nd match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Trey Easley to maneuver through the defense. 5 minutes into the match, Yusuf Bahadır Rahmet dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Herb Good, 1-0. Kamil Momodu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Herb Good read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jean Britton got a free kick in the 11th minute. Sonny Alén showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean Britton in the 15th minute of the match. Herb Good showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernando Dracena in the 16th minute of the match. Yusuf Bahadır Rahmet's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Herb Good firmly grabbed it by the left post. 27 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Fernando Dracena came free, but Herb Good reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Herb Good played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Nafiz Özilter in the 33rd minute of play.

The wind increased when Kamil Momodu made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Ahmet Nafiz Özilter left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bornova fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Dracena in the 56th minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Herb Good to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trey Easley's late challenge caught a Bornova's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Trey Easley helped the player get up and apologised. In the 72nd match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jean Britton to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jean Britton in the 79th minute of play forced Bornova's goalkeeper Sonny Alén to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Dracena in the 81st minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Herb Good to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute, Fernando Dracena ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Herb Good was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Sport Lisboa e Benfica made a substitution. Sam McCain replaced Emilio Hankins. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bornova's goalkeeper Sonny Alén, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 85th play minute Du Lei Bin came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Sonny Alén. 4-1. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Jean Britton took a quick shot and it went in 4-2 without a chance for Sonny Alén to make any attempt to save it. Ahmet Nafiz Özilter took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Herb Good. Herb Good dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Bornova had played much better football throughout.