World League

16 MAYIS STADYUMU
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Qian Yun Ting started the match with the kick off. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Sami Zübeyr put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Dida Gentenaar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Dominic in the 7th minute of play forced FC Maci -MM-'s goalkeeper Tristan Falco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tristan Falco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donato Sanches in the 8th minute of play. If Igor Czapski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 13th minute, Bertha Max hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Sami Zübeyr's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dida Gentenaar was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Tristan Falco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donato Sanches in the 22nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in FC Maci -MM-'s zone, Qian Yun Ting stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tristan Falco came out of the goal and Qian Yun Ting tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dida Gentenaar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sami Zübeyr, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dida Gentenaar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Lucaci in the 29th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, FC Maci -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Qian Yun Ting came free, but Tristan Falco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Maci -MM-'s Tristan Falco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qian Yun Ting in the 33rd minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, BATMAN SK's goal looked a bit too open when Sabin Miclauș came free, but Dida Gentenaar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute Donato Sanches shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Falco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 46 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Maci -MM-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Christian Dominic was slow to take the kick. During this time BATMAN SK's players had a chance to rest. BATMAN SK's Dida Gentenaar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sami Zübeyr in the 48th minute of play. After the first half FC Maci -MM- were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sami Zübeyr made a kick off. Tristan Falco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qian Yun Ting in the 51st minute of the match. Qian Yun Ting's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tristan Falco read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Sami Zübeyr kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dida Gentenaar. That made the score 0-2 in the 71 minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Qian Yun Ting notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of FC Maci -MM-'s Tristan Falco. Tristan Falco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 83 minutes FC Maci -MM-'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Christian Dominic who took care of the corner kick. In the 90th minute Qian Yun Ting shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Falco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Donato Sanches was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 91 minutes into the match. Donato Sanches hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. BATMAN SK made a substitution. Baturay İlter replaced Qian Yun Ting. FC Maci -MM-'s Anatoly Karpov was substituted for Sami Zübeyr. The supporters of FC Maci -MM- booed when BATMAN SK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Donato Sanches didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC Maci -MM-'s supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.