World League

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Spectators: 7711 (Terracing: 5785, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nedim Emekli took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dário Veríssimo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carles Pujol in the 3rd minute. ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Dário Veríssimo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miltos Makris in the 4th minute of play. In the 9th minute Mean Machine were awarded a corner. Nikos Stasinos went to the cornerflag to take it. Nikos Stasinos made a great header on Mean Machine's corner, it was just that ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Dário Veríssimo managed to reach the ball for a save. ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Vinícius Junior got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 17thth minute of the game Nedim Emekli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Dário Veríssimo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mean Machine's Menios Chloros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frederico Salazar in the 22nd minute of play. Nedim Emekli received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dário Veríssimo came out and tried to block the shot, but Nedim Emekli slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 23rd minute. In the 30th minute, Frederico Salazar made a precise shot to the right of Menios Chloros. Mean Machine's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Menios Chloros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bóas Bolas in the 35th minute of play. Dário Veríssimo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carles Pujol in the 38th minute of play. Menios Chloros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frederico Salazar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Menios Chloros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vinícius Junior in the 47th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bóas Bolas made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nedim Emekli came free, but Dário Veríssimo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dário Veríssimo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miltos Makris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute Miltos Makris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dário Veríssimo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Miltos Makris put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Dário Veríssimo. Mean Machine's Nikos Kioupouroglou was substituted for Miltos Makris. 69 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Frederico Salazar came free, but Menios Chloros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Vinícius Junior 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. Zeki Özgenc made in the 75th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Frederico Salazar however managed to control. Menios Chloros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frederico Salazar in the 75th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Vinícius Junior reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Menios Chloros. The goal made the score 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedim Emekli in the 84th minute of play forced ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's goalkeeper Dário Veríssimo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute of the game Zeki Özgenc made a throw-in which Bóas Bolas played forward. In the 90th minute Carles Pujol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dário Veríssimo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Nedim Emekli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dário Veríssimo was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nedim Emekli in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dário Veríssimo saved ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC from getting behind. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.