World League

El Borinot
Spectators: 7860 (Terracing: 5896, Seating: 1808, VIP seats: 156) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Leonard Treppa kicked off to start the match. Kamal Pahlevi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Paulo da Silva in the 3rd minute of the match. Rune Jarstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonard Treppa, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. The audience was convinced that Kristian Oswald's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kamal Pahlevi was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Kamal Pahlevi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kristian Oswald, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 37thth minute of the game Wilhelm Nienhaus who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tirant lo Blanch's Kamal Pahlevi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 39 minutes Tirant lo Blanch's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Moritz Hasenjäger who took care of the corner kick. Rune Jarstein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonard Treppa in the 41st minute of play. 42 minutes into the game, Ziemowit Tscherner threw the ball into play from the sideline. Tirant lo Blanch's Jorge Carmona quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The supporters of Tirant lo Blanch booed when Hertha 1969 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ziemowit Tscherner didn't get a good kick on the ball. Leonard Treppa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Wilhelm Nienhaus to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute, Jorge Carmona hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Through an outstanding action, after 59 minutes, Kamal Pahlevi successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Kamal Pahlevi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zé Paulo da Silva in the 63rd minute. Bernardo España received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Rune Jarstein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 75th minute of the match, Kristian Oswald tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Kamal Pahlevi saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Kamal Pahlevi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rupert Heidingsfelder in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th match minute, Hertha 1969 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rupert Heidingsfelder to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Tirant lo Blanch's Wang Zhi got a free kick in the 86th minute. Tirant lo Blanch's defense didn't have a chance, in the 87th minute, when Zé Paulo da Silva scored to the left of an out of position Kamal Pahlevi, making the score, 0-1. Zé Paulo da Silva might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kamal Pahlevi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zé Paulo da Silva ran back to his position shaking his head. 92 minutes into the game, Hertha 1969's Kristian Oswald nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kamal Pahlevi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 94 played minutes Tirant lo Blanch got a freekick which was hit by Pitin Vallejo. Hertha 1969 played a much better game than Tirant lo Blanch and deserved their victory. The Tirant lo Blanch players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.