World League

Estadio El Coloso
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Angelo Goren started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute of the match El Stradivarius got a corner. Mans's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jano Batista ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Jano Batista got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Erdinç Yalgın quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Su Xiang Lin in the 12th minute of play forced El Stradivarius's goalkeeper Jedrzej Galus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Jarmulowicz in the 15thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Erdinç Yalgın, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mans's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jano Batista was slow to take the kick. During this time El Stradivarius's players had a chance to rest. Teobald Gondek tried in the 17th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Erdinç Yalgın a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-0. Erdinç Yalgın made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Jarmulowicz in the 20th minute of play. After 24 minutes of play, El Stradivarius's Igor Jarmulowicz made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erdinç Yalgın was left in no man's land by his defense there! Erdinç Yalgın made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Jarmulowicz in the 27th minute of play. Igor Jarmulowicz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Erdinç Yalgın came out and tried to block the shot, but Igor Jarmulowicz slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 29th minute. Jedrzej Galus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Su Xiang Lin, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Jedrzej Galus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eusébio Cosme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 34 played minutes Mans got a freekick which was hit by Eduardo Tuzzio. Erdinç Yalgın made an important save on a dangerous shot by Igor Jarmulowicz in the 35th minute. Erdinç Yalgın took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Jarmulowicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 39 minutes Mans's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jano Batista who took care of the corner kick. 46 minutes into the match, El Stradivarius's goal looked a bit too open when Eusébio Cosme came free, but Jedrzej Galus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 47 minutes into the game, Su Xiang Lin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mans's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Stradivarius the free kick. In the 47th match minute, Mans was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Su Xiang Lin to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Su Xiang Lin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, El Stradivarius's Gabriel Pello got a free kick in the 51st minute. Jedrzej Galus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Su Xiang Lin in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 53rd match minute, Mans was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo Tuzzio to maneuver through the defense. Erdinç Yalgın showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelo Goren in the 56th minute of the match. In the 61st match minute, Mans was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Côme Collet to maneuver through the defense. El Stradivarius were awarded a corner in the 63th minute after Mans's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jano Batista took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Igor Jarmulowicz heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Erdinç Yalgın showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Igor Jarmulowicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. A collision led to Mans getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Teobald Gondek hit a great ball. In the 67th minute, Teobald Gondek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erdinç Yalgın showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Igor Jarmulowicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. When Igor Jarmulowicz came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the El Stradivarius fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Igor Jarmulowicz couldn't finish the play. If Igor Jarmulowicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Jarmulowicz in the 75th minute of play forced Mans's goalkeeper Erdinç Yalgın to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Igor Jarmulowicz in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Erdinç Yalgın prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Gabriel Pello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mans's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.