World League

Safranbolu Atatürk
Spectators: 7852 (Terracing: 5890, Seating: 1806, VIP seats: 156) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marc van Nistelrooij started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Winthont FC booed when Jonathan Livingston ⚜️ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Serafin Ermengol didn't get a good kick on the ball. Josep Miquelarena who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 6thth minute tested the skills of Dennis Beerthuis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 8 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's goalkeeper Dennis Beerthuis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Josep Miquelarena. In the 9th minute, Eddy Worrall reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dennis Beerthuis. The goal made the score 1-0. Josep Miquelarena's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 12thth minute, Dennis Beerthuis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eddy Worrall got free with Dennis Beerthuis in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Winthont FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 16th minute, when Eddy Worrall scored to the left of an out of position Dennis Beerthuis, making the score, 2-0. Cafer Demirsah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marc van Nistelrooij, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Winthont FC's Dennis Beerthuis got control of the ball when Josep Miquelarena tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Dennis Beerthuis managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when Jonathan Livingston ⚜️'s Eddy Worrall fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Dennis Beerthuis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serafin Ermengol, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eddy Worrall was the one to do the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ahmet Boran Nabi in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dennis Beerthuis saved Winthont FC from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Ahmet Boran Nabi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dennis Beerthuis was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. In the 52ndth minute of the game Josep Miquelarena who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Winthont FC's Dennis Beerthuis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hermengildo Nesor took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cafer Demirsah. Cafer Demirsah dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. After 61 played minutes Winthont FC got a freekick which was hit by Marnix Mastebroek. Dennis Beerthuis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birkan Cam in the 62nd minute of the match. Hermengildo Nesor might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cafer Demirsah. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hermengildo Nesor ran back to his position shaking his head. Cafer Demirsah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermengildo Nesor in the 66th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Winthont FC defense, Eddy Worrall kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dennis Beerthuis. The Winthont FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dennis Beerthuis should have stopped the shot. Dennis Beerthuis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Josep Miquelarena in the 73rd minute of the match. After 74 played minutes Jonathan Livingston ⚜️ got a freekick which was hit by Florin Urmasu. In the 74th minute, Florin Urmasu fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. After 77 played minutes Winthont FC got a freekick which was hit by Sixto Gorbea. Jonathan Livingston ⚜️:s Cafer Demirsah showed great skill when he stopped Sander Schaars:s penalty. Sander Schaars did an outstanding performance 82 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 3-2 to the right of an irritated Cafer Demirsah in the goal. Cafer Demirsah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pascal Zegeling, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute, Jonathan Livingston ⚜️'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Sixto Gorbea fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Sixto Gorbea received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cafer Demirsah came out and tried to block the shot, but Sixto Gorbea slotted it home off the left post making it 3-3 in the 90th minute. Yavuzalp Ersezer's late challenge caught a Winthont FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yavuzalp Ersezer helped the player get up and apologised. In the 96th minute, one of Jonathan Livingston ⚜️: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 Jonathan Livingston ⚜️. Cafer Demirsah went to the wrong direction when Sander Schaars was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Winthont FC succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Jonathan Livingston ⚜️ had controlled the match.