World League

ATATÜRK STADI
Spectators: 7637 (Terracing: 5729, Seating: 1756, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Meriç Özsen took the kick off in the first half of the match. Davide Rinaldi scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cláudio Taffarel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 8 minutes into the match, Herta Budino's goal looked a bit too open when Meriç Özsen came free, but Fortunato Sangermano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cláudio Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Davide Rinaldi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Through an outstanding action, after 11 minutes, Fortunato Sangermano successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Meriç Özsen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Fortunato Sangermano made a huge save. With a little luck, Herta Budino's Fortunato Sangermano got control of the ball when Deivid De Souza tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Davide Rinaldi in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cláudio Taffarel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Herta Budino's Fortunato Sangermano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deivid De Souza in the 17th minute of play. Fortunato Sangermano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Deivid De Souza in the 19th minute of play. Herta Budino's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fábio Grosso in the 25th minute. The corner ended in Fábio Grosso almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AKÇEŞMESPOR's Cláudio Taffarel did a great save. Herta Budino's Jan-Frederik Bubanja managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Charlie Frisk in the 32 minute of the game. After having played for 33 minutes, Davide Rinaldi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Herta Budino's supporters crossed their fingers, but Davide Rinaldi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Friedrich Nietzsche in the 35th minute of play forced Herta Budino's goalkeeper Fortunato Sangermano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Herta Budino's Fortunato Sangermano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Friedrich Nietzsche in the 35th minute of play. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Meriç Özsen got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-2. 41 minutes into the match. AKÇEŞMESPOR's Cláudio Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Davide Rinaldi in the 44th minute of play. Meriç Özsen's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Fortunato Sangermano firmly grabbed it by the left post.

Cláudio Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Davide Rinaldi in the 52nd minute of play. Herta Budino were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after AKÇEŞMESPOR's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fábio Grosso took the corner. Achille Di Crescenzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cláudio Taffarel having to interfere. 62 minutes into the game, Davide Rinaldi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Cláudio Taffarel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 66th minute Deivid De Souza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fortunato Sangermano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Deivid De Souza kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Herta Budino made a substitution. Johannes Fransson replaced Adam Baldy. AKÇEŞMESPOR's Mehmet Hakkı Suhan was substituted for Meriç Özsen. In the 68th minute, Deivid De Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Achille Di Crescenzo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Cláudio Taffarel made a huge save. Herta Budino's Virgílio Furtado was substituted for Achille Di Crescenzo. Herta Budino's attentive Codrin Tăgorean managed to snatch the ball when Mehmet Hakkı Suhan made a throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Davide Rinaldi in the 84th minute of play forced AKÇEŞMESPOR's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, AKÇEŞMESPOR's Cláudio Taffarel got control of the ball when Davide Rinaldi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cláudio Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Virgílio Furtado in the 93rd minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Herta Budino left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than AKÇEŞMESPOR.