World League

Gothic Souls Arena
Spectators: 8452 (Terracing: 6340, Seating: 1943, VIP seats: 169) Erhan Ascı started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Falcão Cunha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erhan Ascı, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erhan Ascı could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Falcão Cunha made a huge save. In the 7th minute Augusto Saldanha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lemi Uğurlubey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 9 minutes Gothic Souls's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Thiago Silvan who took care of the corner kick. 12 minutes into the match, Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gong Yong. With a little luck, Gracie Barra's Falcão Cunha got control of the ball when Gong Yong tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lemi Uğurlubey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Saldanha in the 18th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erhan Ascı got free with Falcão Cunha in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gracie Barra's Falcão Cunha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tamer Özgu in the 22nd minute of play. After 23 played minutes Gracie Barra got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Velloso. Jago Štriker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With an all-out effort, Gothic Souls's Falcão Cunha threw himself towards the right post 28 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tamer Özgu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 31st minute of the match, Gong Yong got a very nice opportunity to score, but Falcão Cunha was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Erhan Ascıs short, quick shot in the 36thth minute got Falcão Cunha to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Gracie Barra's Falcão Cunha proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Gracie Barra from getting a goal against them. 41 minutes into the game, Gothic Souls's Erhan Ascı nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Falcão Cunha made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 47 minutes into the match, Gracie Barra's goal looked a bit too open when Tamer Özgu came free, but Falcão Cunha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jago Štriker made a kick off. When the match clock showed 51 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Erhan Ascı sped through Gracie Barra's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Falcão Cunha. Falcão Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lovis Schobel in the 59th minute of play. Falcão Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erhan Ascı in the 60th minute of play. Falcão Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gong Yong in the 61st minute of play. Falcão Cunha didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Gothic Souls's Erhan Ascı shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Gracie Barra's Ke Feng Zhen was substituted for Jago Štriker. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lovis Schobel in the 69th minute of play forced Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 72 minutes into the match, Gothic Souls's goalkeeper Lemi Uğurlubey had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hugo de Queirós. Lemi Uğurlubey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ke Feng Zhen in the 76th minute of the match. Lemi Uğurlubey made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hugo de Queirós in the 78th minute. Gracie Barra were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after Gothic Souls's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Thiago Silvan took the corner. Falcão Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erhan Ascı in the 82nd minute of play. Falcão Cunha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hilmi Tanpınar in the 91st minute of the match. Hugo de Queirós took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lemi Uğurlubey. Lemi Uğurlubey dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Gracie Barra's Falcão Cunha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaume Roure in the 96th minute of play. Gracie Barra's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.