World League

Topaltı Arena
Spectators: 8449 (Terracing: 6338, Seating: 1943, VIP seats: 168) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gürsel Aksel got the match started through his kick off. Franco Armani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pan Lin Zhen went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Pan Lin Zhen blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Franco Armani having to make a save. In the 8th minute Pan Lin Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serkan Kocaman in the 16th minute of play forced CRUZ DEL SUR's goalkeeper Zachariasz Dudkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tero Kokkonen hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Basmane Texas's zone, Bautista Marcó stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Franco Armani came out of the goal and Bautista Marcó tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gürsel Aksel got free with Zachariasz Dudkowski in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 27 minutes into the match, Basmane Texas's goal looked a bit too open when Pan Lin Zhen came free, but Franco Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fan Yong Zhan made in the 30th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ronnie Odell. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gürsel Aksel got free with Zachariasz Dudkowski in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 39th minute, Basmane Texas's Serkan Kocaman ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zachariasz Dudkowski. Zachariasz Dudkowski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Berkem Mücip hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pan Lin Zhen in the 47th minute of play forced Basmane Texas's goalkeeper Franco Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 48th minute CRUZ DEL SUR were awarded a corner. Bautista Marcó went to the cornerflag to take it. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Basmane Texas's Gürsel Aksel got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 58th minute, Pan Lin Zhen got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gürsel Aksel in the 61st minute of play forced CRUZ DEL SUR's goalkeeper Zachariasz Dudkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. CRUZ DEL SUR's Eustacio Antonucci was substituted for Abundio Manzano. CRUZ DEL SUR's Fabio Zorondo was substituted for Ronnie Odell. CRUZ DEL SUR's Augusto Estefan was substituted for Pan Lin Zhen. CRUZ DEL SUR's Zachariasz Dudkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gürsel Aksel in the 65th minute of play. If Augusto Estefan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Basmane Texas's Franco Armani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eustacio Antonucci in the 75th minute of play. Franco Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Augusto Estefan in the 76th minute of play. Franco Armani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eustacio Antonucci in the 79th minute. CRUZ DEL SUR's Zachariasz Dudkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Serkan Kocaman in the 82nd minute of play. Franco Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Estefan in the 83rd minute of the match. Franco Armani made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Eustacio Antonucci sent off a good shot on target. In the 92nd minute, Tero Kokkonen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Basmane Texas's Ignatios Ksiromeritis was substituted for Gürsel Aksel.