World League

Reino de Valencia
Spectators: 7985 (Terracing: 5990, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gerson Santana got the match started through his kick off. George Buturugã stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gerson Santana's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. LOI's Kaan Öztanır suffered a concussion in the 9th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. 9 minutes into the game, Socorro Atacan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. INTOCABLES 2oo4's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave LOI the free kick. In the 10th minute, Socorro Atacan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. INTOCABLES 2oo4's Robert Bresson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Özgür Özbay in the 18th minute of play. Robert Bresson came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by LOI's Sulo Montaña. But to his dismay, Sulo Montaña quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. INTOCABLES 2oo4's Robert Bresson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sulo Montaña in the 24th minute of play. After 25th play minutes Gerson Santana shot 1-1, a short shot which went by George Buturugã and just under the crossbar into goal. Robert Bresson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Özgür Özbay in the 32nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Özgür Özbay in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Robert Bresson saved INTOCABLES 2oo4 from getting behind. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sulo Montaña to make the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gerson Santana in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg George Buturugã saved LOI from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Gerson Santana's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but George Buturugã was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhuang Xing Ting in the 56th minute of play forced LOI's goalkeeper George Buturugã to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by LOI's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lenílson Siqueira was slow to take the kick. During this time INTOCABLES 2oo4's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Oier Jareño got away a dangerous shot. Despite this George Buturugã quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sulo Montaña got free with Robert Bresson in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Sulo Montaña took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Robert Bresson to make any attempt to save it. Robert Bresson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Özgür Özbay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. INTOCABLES 2oo4's Robert Bresson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Özgür Özbay in the 63rd minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, INTOCABLES 2oo4's goal looked a bit too open when Özgür Özbay came free, but Robert Bresson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Robert Bresson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Özgür Özbay went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. INTOCABLES 2oo4 made a substitution. Manoj Espinosa replaced Gerson Santana. Bektaş Veli Ülgü struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Robert Bresson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for LOI. INTOCABLES 2oo4's Manoj Espinosa got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 87 minutes of play, LOI's Sulo Montaña made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robert Bresson was left in no man's land by his defense there! INTOCABLES 2oo4's Robert Bresson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save INTOCABLES 2oo4 from getting a goal against them. George Buturugã didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Manoj Espinosa went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-4 was the resulting score. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. LOI walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.