World League

Coffin Arena
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Semi Merdan got the match started through his kick off. Beyaz Zenciler's Rafal Labus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fumanchu Faso in the 8th minute of play. Rafal Labus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduardo Medina, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Semi Merdan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 18 minutes in the game Melkior Rothe did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Nemesio Azibar. After 18 minutes, Paşa Ali Özdoa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Beyaz Zenciler and the Rossobianco players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Rossobianco booed when Beyaz Zenciler was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paşa Ali Özdoa didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Rossobianco getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Elias Valenzuela hit a great ball. 21 minutes into the match, Rossobianco's goalkeeper Richard Samaniego had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rüştü Cangiray. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rüştü Cangiray in the 25th minute of play forced Rossobianco's goalkeeper Richard Samaniego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rafal Labus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fumanchu Faso in the 32nd minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Gervasio Frantzes notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Beyaz Zenciler's Rafal Labus. Rafal Labus was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 38th match minute, Beyaz Zenciler was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rüstem Yıldıray to maneuver through the defense. Semi Merdan struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Richard Samaniego didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Beyaz Zenciler. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gervasio Frantzes in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rafal Labus saved Beyaz Zenciler from getting behind. After some careless play in the Beyaz Zenciler defense, Fumanchu Faso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rafal Labus. The Beyaz Zenciler fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rafal Labus should have stopped the shot. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gervasio Frantzes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Semi Merdan's late challenge caught a Rossobianco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Semi Merdan helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Beyaz Zenciler's Semi Merdan got a free kick in the 52nd minute. A collision led to Beyaz Zenciler getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Rüstem Yıldıray hit a great ball. In the 54th minute, Gervasio Frantzes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rafal Labus was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Rafal Labus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Medina in the 58th minute of the match. 58 minutes into the game, Eduardo Medina cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Rafal Labus was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 62 minutes into the match, Rossobianco's goal looked a bit too open when Semi Merdan came free, but Richard Samaniego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Melkior Rothe in the 63rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Beyaz Zenciler's Fahri Bakırhan. With a little luck, Beyaz Zenciler's Rafal Labus got control of the ball when Gervasio Frantzes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rossobianco's Gervasio Frantzes was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rafal Labus in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Rafal Labus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduardo Medina in the 69th minute of play. With a little luck, Beyaz Zenciler's Rafal Labus got control of the ball when Gervasio Frantzes tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 72nd match minute, Rossobianco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Melkior Rothe to maneuver through the defense. 81 minutes into the match, Beyaz Zenciler's goalkeeper Rafal Labus had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fumanchu Faso. With a little luck, Beyaz Zenciler's Rafal Labus got control of the ball when Gervasio Frantzes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Beyaz Zenciler's Andrey Shevchenko was substituted for Semi Merdan. Rossobianco's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mateo Elequemedo in the 85th minute. Mateo Elequemedo made a great header on Rossobianco's corner, it was just that Beyaz Zenciler's Rafal Labus managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 88th minute, Gervasio Frantzes reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rafal Labus. The goal made the score 0-5. Gervasio Frantzes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafal Labus having to interfere. With a little luck, Beyaz Zenciler's Rafal Labus got control of the ball when Gervasio Frantzes tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 95 minutes of play, Beyaz Zenciler's Andrey Shevchenko made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Richard Samaniego was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the final whistle sounded Rossobianco left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Beyaz Zenciler.