World League

Gabisiowo
Spectators: 7297 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 150) After 3 minutes of play, Ciruel Academy's Kerim Altunbaş made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francis Calmes was left in no man's land by his defense there! After taking down the ball on Ciruel Academy's corner Julio Roca fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Francis Calmes quite easily take care of the ball. In the 11th minute, Kerim Altunbaş left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ciruel Academy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After 14 minutes of play, Ciruel Academy's Kerim Altunbaş made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francis Calmes was left in no man's land by his defense there! 17 minutes into the match, Ciruel Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Barnaba Lamczyk came free, but Jacob Alavedra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kerim Altunbaş scored 0-4 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Francis Calmes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kerim Altunbaş's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Francis Calmes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. Francis Calmes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kerim Altunbaş, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ekipa Gabi's goalkeeper Francis Calmes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 31st minute, Kerim Altunbaş made a precise shot to the right of Francis Calmes. Ekipa Gabi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kerim Altunbaş in the 39th minute of play forced Ekipa Gabi's goalkeeper Francis Calmes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Francis Calmes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kerim Altunbaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Zachary Pankowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kerim Altunbaş to make the kick off. In the 58th minute, Kerim Altunbaş ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Francis Calmes was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. In the 64th minute, Kerim Altunbaş left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ciruel Academy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. In the 66th minute, Witalis Debkowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ciruel Academy's Lucas Grijander was substituted for Gaston Frechoso. Francis Calmes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kerim Altunbaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. In the 70th minute of the match Ciruel Academy got a corner. Ekipa Gabi's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Julio Roca ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well done corner resulted in Kerim Altunbaş drilling the ball in to score 0-8 behind Ekipa Gabi's goalkeeper. Francis Calmes made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Lucas Grijander sent off a good shot on target. Francis Calmes was a little too slow when Lucas Grijander got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 74th minute. The score was now 0-9. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kerim Altunbaş got free with Francis Calmes in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ciruel Academy's Nicolás Elenes was substituted for Kerim Altunbaş. After 80 minutes Ekipa Gabi's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Julio Roca who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Julio Roca almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ekipa Gabi's Francis Calmes did a great save. After some careless play in the Ekipa Gabi defense, Nicolás Elenes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Francis Calmes. The Ekipa Gabi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Francis Calmes should have stopped the shot. Lucas Grijander could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Francis Calmes made a huge save. When Iwan Witwicki fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ekipa Gabi's protests and gave Iwan Witwicki a yellow card for diving instead. After 86 played minutes Ekipa Gabi got a freekick which was hit by Iwan Witwicki. After 87 played minutes, Ciruel Academy's Julio Roca shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Francis Calmes came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ciruel Academy reached it. Francis Calmes came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Ciruel Academy's Nicolás Elenes. But to his dismay, Nicolás Elenes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-11. Jacob Alavedra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doru Mihuț in the 94th minute of play. Nicolás Elenes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Ekipa Gabi supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Ciruel Academy's performance. The match ended with a win for Ciruel Academy.