World League

Mintis Arena
Spectators: 7747 (Terracing: 5812, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) FK Mintis Vilnius's İsrafil Yağız started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 7th match minute, Cisco Birlik FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fedele Mussi to maneuver through the defense. Dursun Soysal hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. 11 minutes into the game, Dursun Soysal threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cisco Birlik FC's Süleyman Tunçhan quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Mustafa Kemal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ömer Demirci in the 16th minute of the match. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by FK Mintis Vilnius's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Su Wei Hai was slow to take the kick. During this time Cisco Birlik FC's players had a chance to rest. In the 18thth minute of the game Ömer Demirci who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FK Mintis Vilnius's Mustafa Kemal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Cisco Birlik FC's Veysel Koçarslan in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FK Mintis Vilnius's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Cisco Birlik FC getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Ömer Demirci hit a great ball. 32 minutes into the match, Cisco Birlik FC's Ömer Demirci sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mustafa Kemal narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some careless play in the Cisco Birlik FC defense, İsrafil Yağız kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Frank Matanov. The Cisco Birlik FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Frank Matanov should have stopped the shot. In the 40thth minute of the game Veysel Koçarslan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FK Mintis Vilnius's Mustafa Kemal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cisco Birlik FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Su Wei Hai in the 41st minute. In the 42nd minute, Ömer Demirci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cisco Birlik FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Su Wei Hai in the 47th minute. The supporters of FK Mintis Vilnius booed when Cisco Birlik FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Veysel Koçarslan didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Veysel Koçarslan got the opportunity to take care of a free kick it resulted in a really dangerous shot that almost went in the goal. Instead the ball went too high, a missed opportunity for Cisco Birlik FC. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ömer Demirci was the one to do the kick off. Grant Pustak kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Dursun Soysal made in the 56th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Grant Pustak immediately put the ball in play. İsrafil Yağız fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frank Matanov having to interfere. The Cisco Birlik FC fans' excitement grew in the 61st match minute when Cisco Birlik FC's Veysel Koçarslan 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 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Mustafa Kemal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ömer Demirci in the 67th minute of the match. FK Mintis Vilnius's Mustafa Kemal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mansur İzzet in the 69th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ömer Demirci's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mustafa Kemal was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by İsrafil Yağız in the 74th minute of play forced Cisco Birlik FC's goalkeeper Frank Matanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 82 minutes into the match, FK Mintis Vilnius's goal looked a bit too open when Ömer Demirci came free, but Mustafa Kemal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cisco Birlik FC's Atabey Budaklı was substituted for Fedele Mussi. In the 85th minute of the match Cisco Birlik FC got a corner. FK Mintis Vilnius's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Su Wei Hai ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 91st minute, İsrafil Yağız made a precise shot to the right of Frank Matanov. Cisco Birlik FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. FK Mintis Vilnius were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Cisco Birlik FC for a fine match.