World League

Estadio Amboy
Spectators: 7761 (Terracing: 5822, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Amboy FC booed when Kolonia Radlin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Remzi Gaza didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marek Bergkamp scored 0-1 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ariel Mourelatos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 12 minutes into the match, Amboy FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marek Bergkamp came free, but Ariel Mourelatos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bruce Cornforth made in the 13th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Kolonia Radlin's David Brás. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kazimierz Iwanowski in the 17th minute of play forced Amboy FC's goalkeeper Ariel Mourelatos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Talha Mertkal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 28th minute, Marek Bergkamp left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kolonia Radlin fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán in the 31st minute of play forced Kolonia Radlin's goalkeeper Talha Mertkal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 33 minutes, Héctor-Raul Manenti Fontán made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Kolonia Radlin's Talha Mertkal tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The Kolonia Radlin fans' excitement grew in the 54th match minute when Kolonia Radlin's Marek Bergkamp looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Amboy FC made a substitution. Nicanor Mendiko replaced Black Dragon. David Brás made in the 59th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Hernán Felip. After a rather tough play, Amboy FC's Bruce Cornforth got a free kick in the 61st minute. In the 62nd minute of the match, Marek Bergkamp got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ariel Mourelatos was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Valerio Spadoni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Talha Mertkal having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Wang Hai in the 71st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Kolonia Radlin's Jakub Matela. Ariel Mourelatos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marek Bergkamp, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruperto Modestio in the 80th minute of play forced Kolonia Radlin's goalkeeper Talha Mertkal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ariel Mourelatos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marek Bergkamp in the 84th minute of play. If Ruperto Modestio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ariel Mourelatos made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Kazimierz Iwanowski sent off a good shot on target. In the 88th minute, Amboy FC's Sture Raknes seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Sture Raknes the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Amboy FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Sture Raknes had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 88 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Amboy FC! Amboy FC:s Ariel Mourelatos showed great skill when he stopped Başaran Şentürk:s penalty. Talha Mertkal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Alberto Abascal in the 92nd minute of play. A collision led to Kolonia Radlin getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Tolek Brzeszczak hit a great ball. Nicanor Mendiko hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. In the 96th minute, Başaran Şentürk got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. During the 97th minute of the match Remzi Gaza completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Remzi Gaza a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to Kolonia Radlin getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Remzi Gaza hit a great ball. Wang Hai took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 98th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Talha Mertkal. Kolonia Radlin's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The Kolonia Radlin players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.