World League

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Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Doğa Gazzal got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Manchester City getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Tommy Bedford hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Doğa Gazzal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frank Pearce was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s Norberto Duarte managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Bartlomiej Niedzwiecki in the 6 minute of the game. Damian Teofila came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by Manchester City's Bartlomiej Niedzwiecki. But to his dismay, Bartlomiej Niedzwiecki quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 12th minute Doğa Gazzal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Pearce saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doğa Gazzal in the 14th minute of play forced Manchester City's goalkeeper Frank Pearce to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Bartlomiej Niedzwiecki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Manchester City's Elliot Colvin got a free kick in the 20th minute. ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s Gökçen Yalın got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Faustin Ostermann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Frank Pearce made a huge save. ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after Manchester City's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gökçen Yalın took the corner. ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s Gökçen Yalın was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Frank Pearce in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 28 minutes into the match, Manchester City's goal looked a bit too open when Balamir Oyanalp came free, but Frank Pearce reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Doğa Gazzal managed to get in a good position for a shot. ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s supporters rose to their feet, but Doğa Gazzal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Frank Pearce breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 33 minutes Manchester City's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gökçen Yalın who took care of the corner kick. The corner led ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s Balamir Oyanalp to a score. 1-1 in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute, Faustin Ostermann fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Frank Pearce, passed just outside the right post. Doğa Gazzal hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. After 43 played minutes Manchester City got a freekick which was hit by Elliot Colvin. After 44 played minutes Manchester City got a freekick which was hit by Julian Orling. 47 minutes in the game, Doğa Gazzal fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Frank Pearce having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bartlomiej Niedzwiecki made a kick off. After 55 minutes of play, Manchester City's Dan Saville made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Damian Teofila was left in no man's land by his defense there! 62 minutes into the match, Doğa Gazzal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Frank Pearce. Manchester City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Doğa Gazzal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. In the 64th minute, Barrie Fleming hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s Sermet Ulualp was substituted for Faustin Ostermann. The supporters of Manchester City booed when ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hacı Turgut didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 75 minutes, Leigh Peyton mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manchester City and the ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ booed when Manchester City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leigh Peyton didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 76 played minutes, ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂'s Gökçen Yalın shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Frank Pearce 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 ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ reached it. In the 76th match minute, Manchester City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Barrie Fleming to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd minute Doğa Gazzal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Pearce saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hacı Turgut hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. When the final whistle went the supporters of Manchester City were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant ƒ¢ тαяıк υηıтє∂ side.