World League

De kikkerkazerne
Spectators: 7596 (Terracing: 5698, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Luca Savino started the match with the kick off. If Birkan Balıkçı had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 5 minutes in the game Aykut Berksan did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Konstantinos Tsevas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaston Jerrald in the 6th minute of play forced Kickers United's goalkeeper Cederik Huts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iwan Banach received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Charis Raftopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cederik Huts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Birkan Balıkçı, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute, Birkan Balıkçı left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vakoufi Utd fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Vakoufi Utd's Charis Raftopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Savino in the 31st minute of play. After 35 minutes Kickers United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Konstantinos Tsevas who took care of the corner kick. In the 37thth minute of the game Luca Savino who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vakoufi Utd's Charis Raftopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 40 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Savino came free, but Charis Raftopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Charis Raftopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Savino, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Kickers United's Cederik Huts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaston Jerrald in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Cederik Huts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaston Jerrald, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Charis Raftopoulos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luca Savino's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. If Luca Savino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Kickers United's Cederik Huts got control of the ball when Gaston Jerrald tried to sneak it across the goal line. Charis Raftopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dino Maquiano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Charis Raftopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dino Maquiano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luca Savino might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Charis Raftopoulos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luca Savino ran back to his position shaking his head. Cederik Huts made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Korpetis in the 73rd minute of play. After 77 minutes of play, Kickers United's Luca Savino made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Charis Raftopoulos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kickers United made a substitution. Antonio Netels replaced Niels Vandamme. The supporters of Vakoufi Utd booed when Kickers United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dino Maquiano didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Cederik Huts managed to avoid a goal in the 83rdth minute, when Vakoufi Utd's Gaston Jerrald fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kickers United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Konstantinos Tsevas was slow to take the kick. During this time Vakoufi Utd's players had a chance to rest. Andreas Korpetis in the 85thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cederik Huts, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Cederik Huts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaston Jerrald, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After 91 played minutes Kickers United got a freekick which was hit by Leonides Blasi. Jorge Reijnders sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 93 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Jorge Reijnders came free, but Charis Raftopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 95 minutes, Tomás Firmin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kickers United and the Vakoufi Utd players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th match minute, Kickers United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomás Firmin to maneuver through the defense.