World League

Stadion Radlin
Spectators: 7776 (Terracing: 5833, Seating: 1788, VIP seats: 155) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leonard Treppa took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tirant lo Blanch's Dabi Barba quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tolek Brzeszczak, made in the 3rd minute of the game. Leonard Treppa took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Talha Mertkal. Talha Mertkal dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 16 minutes into the game, Tirant lo Blanch's Bernardo España nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Talha Mertkal made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Talha Mertkal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leonard Treppa went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 29 minutes into the match, Tirant lo Blanch's goal looked a bit too open when Kazimierz Iwanowski came free, but Kamal Pahlevi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute, Marek Bergkamp reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kamal Pahlevi. The goal made the score 1-3. 45 minutes into the match, Tirant lo Blanch's Leonard Treppa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Talha Mertkal narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Kamal Pahlevi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marek Bergkamp in the 47th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marek Bergkamp to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Leonard Treppa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Talha Mertkal was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. Pitin Vallejo hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marek Bergkamp in the 54th minute of play forced Tirant lo Blanch's goalkeeper Kamal Pahlevi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 58 minutes of play, Tirant lo Blanch's Leonard Treppa made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Talha Mertkal was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kolonia Radlin's David Brás managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Dabi Barba in the 63 minute of the game. Talha Mertkal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonard Treppa in the 70th minute of play. In the 74th minute Marek Bergkamp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kamal Pahlevi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Leonard Treppa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Kolonia Radlin's Talha Mertkal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonard Treppa in the 77th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Tirant lo Blanch's Pitin Vallejo got a free kick in the 78th minute. After a rather tough play, Tirant lo Blanch's Pitin Vallejo got a free kick in the 80th minute. In the 92nd minute, Tirant lo Blanch's Carmen Paniagua dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-5.