World League

MARLIN ARENA PASTEUR
Spectators: 7750 (Terracing: 5814, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) Ilko Hindalov's late challenge caught a Marlin FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ilko Hindalov helped the player get up and apologised. 4 minutes into the match, Marlin FC's goal looked a bit too open when Stuart Byman came free, but Juan Carlos Alvarez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fernando Ciano hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Juan Carlos Alvarez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Seyit Bozbey in the 6th minute of play. Giovanni Rana's late challenge caught a VN Keleler's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Giovanni Rana helped the player get up and apologised. Marlin FC's Juan Carlos Alvarez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Doychin Konsulov in the 10th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stuart Byman in the 12th minute of play forced Marlin FC's goalkeeper Juan Carlos Alvarez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Doychin Konsulov succeeded in the game's 15th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. Juan Carlos Alvarez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doychin Konsulov in the 22nd minute of the match. Velimir Popchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Linus Fredriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. 26 minutes into the match, Stuart Byman notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Marlin FC's Juan Carlos Alvarez. Juan Carlos Alvarez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Juan Carlos Alvarez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Seyit Bozbey in the 29th minute of play. Velimir Popchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dionisio Panpili, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 32nd minute Hakkı Kenan Pınar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Carlos Alvarez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 33 minutes, Yin Yang managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Marlin FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yin Yang was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marlin FC's Juan Carlos Alvarez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hakkı Kenan Pınar in the 37th minute of play. Dionisio Panpili could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Velimir Popchev made a huge save. 47 minutes into the match, VN Keleler's goalkeeper Velimir Popchev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Giovanni Rana.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Linus Fredriksson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Juan Carlos Alvarez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doychin Konsulov in the 52nd minute of play. In the 54th minute of the match Marlin FC got a corner. VN Keleler's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Aybek Orcun ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 56 minutes, Dionisio Panpili made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. VN Keleler's Velimir Popchev tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 62nd minute Doychin Konsulov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Carlos Alvarez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 70th minute of the match, Doychin Konsulov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Juan Carlos Alvarez saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. VN Keleler made a substitution. Harris Zoolingen replaced Doychin Konsulov. Juan Carlos Alvarez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Seyit Bozbey, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Hakkı Kenan Pınar in the 83rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Juan Carlos Alvarez, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Juan Carlos Alvarez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Seyit Bozbey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th match minute, Marlin FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giovanni Rana to maneuver through the defense. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. VN Keleler walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.