World League

Bavio
Spectators: 7770 (Terracing: 5828, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Xu Wei Kun started the match with the kick off. Eriberto Truylos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Talha Mertkal made a huge save. With his leg Talha Mertkal managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when Independiente's Eriberto Truylos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Kazimierz Iwanowski kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Talha Mertkal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xu Wei Kun in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute Marek Bergkamp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Ikatz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marek Bergkamp in the 22nd minute of play forced Independiente's goalkeeper Gabriel Ikatz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Talha Mertkal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Suy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rdth minute of the game Martin Suy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kolonia Radlin's Talha Mertkal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Talha Mertkal made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Eriberto Truylos sent off a good shot on target. Martin Suy's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Talha Mertkal firmly grabbed it by the left post. Åke Utter hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Kazimierz Iwanowski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gabriel Ikatz having to make a save. In the 33rd minute Kazimierz Iwanowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Ikatz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Talha Mertkal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Suy, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Talha Mertkal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eriberto Truylos went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Gabriel Ikatz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jakub Matela, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Independiente's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Başaran Şentürk was slow to take the kick. During this time Kolonia Radlin's players had a chance to rest. Başaran Şentürk made a great header on Kolonia Radlin's corner, it was just that Independiente's Gabriel Ikatz managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 44th match minute, Kolonia Radlin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Remzi Gaza to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marek Bergkamp was the one to do the kick off. Talha Mertkal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xu Wei Kun in the 63rd minute of play. Marek Bergkamp's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 70thth minute, Gabriel Ikatz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Suy in the 72nd minute of play forced Kolonia Radlin's goalkeeper Talha Mertkal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kolonia Radlin's Başaran Şentürk was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Gabriel Ikatz in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When Kolonia Radlin's Marek Bergkamp in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Independiente's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Marek Bergkamp's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gabriel Ikatz was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Kolonia Radlin's zone, Martin Suy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Talha Mertkal came out of the goal and Martin Suy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With his leg Gabriel Ikatz managed to avoid a goal in the 89thth minute, when Kolonia Radlin's Marek Bergkamp fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Åke Utter made in the 90th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Kolonia Radlin's Tolek Brzeszczak. Kolonia Radlin's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.