World League

Ali Sami Yen
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when İsa Fındık got the match started through his kick off. Gökay Ömür blasted a shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cayetano Francho having to make a save. Ahmet Nedim Ertaş recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Patay Juniors getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Edgard Ledesma hit a great ball. After 15 minutes of play, Patay Juniors's Prospero Petri made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Silvano Portillo was left in no man's land by his defense there! İsa Fındık could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Cayetano Francho made a huge save. Valar morghulis were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Patay Juniors's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gökay Ömür took the corner. Patay Juniors's Cayetano Francho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Patay Juniors from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Valar morghulis booed when Patay Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edgard Ledesma didn't get a good kick on the ball. 28 minutes into the match, Ahmet Nedim Ertaş had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cayetano Francho. Patay Juniors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ahmet Nedim Ertaş was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Patay Juniors's Cayetano Francho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Patay Juniors from getting a goal against them. Cayetano Francho stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of İsa Fındık's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. In the 35th minute Edgard Ledesma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvano Portillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute, Valar morghulis's İsa Fındık dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. Silvano Portillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Prospero Petri in the 39th minute of the match. With his leg Cayetano Francho managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when Valar morghulis's İsa Fındık fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a little luck, Patay Juniors's Cayetano Francho got control of the ball when İsa Fındık tried to sneak it across the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Prospero Petri stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52ndth minute of the game İsa Fındık who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Patay Juniors's Cayetano Francho was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by İsa Fındık in the 58th minute of play forced Patay Juniors's goalkeeper Cayetano Francho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cayetano Francho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gökay Ömür in the 60th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that İsa Fındık's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cayetano Francho was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Cayetano Francho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from İsa Fındık, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cayetano Francho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Nedim Ertaş in the 66th minute of play. Cayetano Francho stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of İsa Fındık's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. Silvano Portillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cedric Ceballos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd minute, Sandu Flintașu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by İsa Fındık in the 76th minute of play forced Patay Juniors's goalkeeper Cayetano Francho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patay Juniors's Cayetano Francho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gökay Ömür in the 79th minute of play. Cayetano Francho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from İsa Fındık, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 82 minutes into the match, Patay Juniors's goal looked a bit too open when İsa Fındık came free, but Cayetano Francho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that İsa Fındık's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cayetano Francho was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. In the 85th minute Edgard Ledesma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvano Portillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, Patay Juniors's goal looked a bit too open when İsa Fındık came free, but Cayetano Francho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cayetano Francho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from İsa Fındık, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Cayetano Francho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from İsa Fındık, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that İsa Fındık's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cayetano Francho was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. Ceferino Monte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Patay Juniors's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.