World League

Rocha Arena
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alemdar Yavuzalp kicked off to start the match. Maxi Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Behram Vacit in the 4th minute of the match. Alemdar Yavuzalp did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Thibaut Vandamme 7 minutes into the match. 11 minutes into the game, Alvaro Ramiréz threw the ball into play from the sideline. ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Ted Rijkaard quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 15thth minute of the game Alvaro Ramiréz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Maxi Braga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Maxi Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Behram Vacit in the 18th minute of the match. ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Maxi Braga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Ramiréz in the 19th minute of play. Alemdar Yavuzalp could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Thibaut Vandamme made a huge save. In the 22nd minute of the match ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚ got a corner. Berenjenas de Punto Fijo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ciprian Peptan ran over to the corner to take the kick. Maxi Braga came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Berenjenas de Punto Fijo's Behram Vacit. But to his dismay, Behram Vacit quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alvaro Ramiréz in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maxi Braga saved ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚ from getting behind. Berenjenas de Punto Fijo's Thibaut Vandamme proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Berenjenas de Punto Fijo from getting a goal against them. Alemdar Yavuzalp could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Thibaut Vandamme made a huge save. After a rather tough play, ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Iwo Drugi got a free kick in the 36th minute. Berenjenas de Punto Fijo's Dieter Denys got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 39th minute Berenjenas de Punto Fijo were awarded a corner. Dieter Denys went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Dieter Denys almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Maxi Braga did a great save.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alvaro Ramiréz to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Alemdar Yavuzalp's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thibaut Vandamme was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. 58 minutes into the match, ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s goal looked a bit too open when Alvaro Ramiréz came free, but Maxi Braga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s goalkeeper Maxi Braga, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thibaut Vandamme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alemdar Yavuzalp in the 63rd minute of play. With a little luck, ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Maxi Braga got control of the ball when Juli Alvarez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thibaut Vandamme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carmelo Barto, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carmelo Barto in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thibaut Vandamme saved Berenjenas de Punto Fijo from getting behind. Maxi Braga made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Juli Alvarez sent off a good shot on target. ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Maxi Braga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Ramiréz in the 82nd minute of play. When ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Edmund Sand, in the 87th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚. In the 91st minute Dieter Denys shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maxi Braga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 92 played minutes Berenjenas de Punto Fijo got a freekick which was hit by Alfredo Miliano. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚ fully deserved thier win.