World League

H.Avni Aker
Spectators: 7771 (Terracing: 5829, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Derman Soysaldı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinaldo Palmeira in the 3rd minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Reinaldo Palmeira in the 12th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Ovidio Argina. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s attentive Ovidio Argina managed to snatch the ball when Hans-Jürgen Beckenbauer made a throw-in in the 13th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Matteo Mata's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andres Ekhi was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. The corner ended in Ovidio Argina almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ricart Futebol Clube's Andres Ekhi did a great save. The ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► fans' excitement grew in the 16th match minute when ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Ovidio Argina 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 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 20 minutes into the match, Eusebio Hori notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Derman Soysaldı. Derman Soysaldı was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 23 minutes into the match, Ricart Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Andres Ekhi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Matteo Mata. Matteo Mata spun around in front of the goal 24 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Ricart Futebol Clube's goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Eusebio Hori managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ricart Futebol Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Eusebio Hori was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Derman Soysaldı breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Matteo Mata could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Andres Ekhi made a huge save. Eusebio Hori kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Ricart Futebol Clube made a substitution. Tales Gonçalves replaced Marcos Prado. Doron Bantz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Derman Soysaldı read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 49th minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Matteo Mata made a kick off. The supporters of ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► booed when Ricart Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reinaldo Palmeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Matteo Mata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ricart Futebol Clube's Andres Ekhi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matteo Mata in the 57th minute of play. After having played for 67 minutes, Matteo Mata managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Matteo Mata was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► made a substitution. Mete Taçkın replaced Gürkan Gurko. Derman Soysaldı showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Ramalho, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Ricart Futebol Clube were awarded a corner in the 71th minute after ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Doron Bantz took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Vlad Geamănu managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Matteo Mata scored 2-2 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Andres Ekhi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Hasan Bağış was substituted for Caroll Baskin. After 92 played minutes ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► got a freekick which was hit by Ovidio Argina. Matteo Mata kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. In the 96th match minute, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anton Scheupach to maneuver through the defense.