World League

Golden Palace
Spectators: 7604 (Terracing: 5704, Seating: 1749, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mario Pochekanski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mario Pochekanskis short, quick shot in the 8thth minute got Dário Veríssimo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 9 minutes of play, ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Fazıl Korkutalp made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marian Oelke was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th minute Bóas Bolas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marian Oelke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 15th minute by Mario Pochekanski got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. With an all-out effort, Golden Tigers's Dário Veríssimo threw himself towards the right post 16 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Cresconio Bobis, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Marian Oelke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Memphis Depay in the 18th minute of play. Mario Pochekanski's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dário Veríssimo firmly grabbed it by the left post. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Mario Pochekanski put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Dário Veríssimo. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mario Pochekanski got free with Dário Veríssimo in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marian Oelke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinícius Junior, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. A collision led to Golden Tigers getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Haşmet Hicabi hit a great ball. Mario Pochekanski kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. In the 46th minute Vinícius Junior shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marian Oelke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vinícius Junior stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Mario Pochekanski 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. With a little luck, Golden Tigers's Marian Oelke got control of the ball when Vinícius Junior tried to sneak it across the goal line. Golden Tigers made a substitution. Yaqoub Bo Resley replaced Haşmet Hicabi. Golden Tigers's Marian Oelke proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Golden Tigers from getting a goal against them. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Golden Tigers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fazıl Korkutalp was slow to take the kick. During this time ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Zeki Özgenc got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marian Oelke quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 81st minute, Ali Brahem hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 何文震's long shot made the audience stand up and applaude when it rumbled by Dário Veríssimo on his right side and into the goal. 82 minutes into the game it was 4-2. Dário Veríssimo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darweesh Al Matrok in the 85th minute of the match. Golden Tigers's Marian Oelke proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Golden Tigers from getting a goal against them. Dário Veríssimo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalel Al Motar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stanislav Beňo kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Golden Tigers were victorious despite being under pressure from ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC for much of the match.