World League

Santiago Bernabéu
Spectators: 7798 (Terracing: 5850, Seating: 1793, VIP seats: 155) Chojnickie Byki's Lucjan Laba started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucjan Laba got free with Sezai Yura in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Germanas Judeikis came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Lokomotiv Bornova fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Germanas Judeikis couldn't finish the play. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lokomotiv Bornova's goalkeeper Sezai Yura, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 17th minute Ahmet Korcan Gökalp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norbert Hryc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Lokomotiv Bornova's Sezai Yura got control of the ball when Lucjan Laba tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Germanas Judeikis in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Norbert Hryc prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sezai Yura made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabian Zdeb in the 24th minute of play. Chojnickie Byki's Ol Zinchenko quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Jonny Clayton, made in the 25th minute of the game. Norbert Hryc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmet Korcan Gökalp, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 32ndth minute of the game Germanas Judeikis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chojnickie Byki's Norbert Hryc was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 35th minute Lucjan Laba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sezai Yura saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucjan Laba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Sezai Yura tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lucjan Laba took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sezai Yura. Sezai Yura dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Germanas Judeikis to make the kick off. Sezai Yura made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Piotr Biraga in the 51st minute of play. Piotr Biraga's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sezai Yura read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. Sezai Yura took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucjan Laba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sezai Yura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ol Zinchenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Sezai Yura showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ol Zinchenko in the 60th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Chojnickie Byki's goalkeeper Norbert Hryc, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 63rd minute Lucjan Laba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sezai Yura saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chojnickie Byki made a substitution. Sebastian Domalik replaced Piotr Biraga. Ol Zinchenko made in the 66th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Fabian Penczkowski immediately put the ball in play. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chojnickie Byki's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ahmet Korcan Gökalp was slow to take the kick. During this time Lokomotiv Bornova's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Dilmen Osmanlı almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Chojnickie Byki's Norbert Hryc did a great save. Lokomotiv Bornova's Sezai Yura played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Domalik in the 74th minute of play. Sezai Yura showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Domalik in the 75th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Lokomotiv Bornova's Alp Eren got a free kick in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dobromir Dankowski in the 80th minute of play forced Lokomotiv Bornova's goalkeeper Sezai Yura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Fabian Zdeb hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Dobromir Dankowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ol Zinchenko hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Sezai Yura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dobromir Dankowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. 94 minutes into the match, Lokomotiv Bornova's goal looked a bit too open when Dobromir Dankowski came free, but Sezai Yura reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lokomotiv Bornova's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.