World League

Camp de Mestalla
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Kamber Enfa made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, KUZEY ARAS FC's Samet Yanık got a free kick in the 5th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Joe Herring notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of KUZEY ARAS FC's Çağan Cebeci. Çağan Cebeci was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Joe Herring sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Albert Mititelu made in the 24th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Mustafa Ali Erginer immediately put the ball in play. KUZEY ARAS FC's Çağan Cebeci proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save KUZEY ARAS FC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by 李皓川 in the 31st minute of play forced Valencia C.F.'s goalkeeper Jerry Lodge to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roque Vedillo struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Jerry Lodge didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for KUZEY ARAS FC. Valencia C.F.'s Jerry Lodge played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mustafa Ali Erginer in the 33rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Mustafa Ali Erginer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jerry Lodge was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Jerry Lodge showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque Vedillo in the 36th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s goal looked a bit too open when Kamber Enfa came free, but Jerry Lodge reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jerry Lodge showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque Vedillo in the 39th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Roque Vedillo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jerry Lodge was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After 42 played minutes Valencia C.F. got a freekick which was hit by Adam Harding. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

KUZEY ARAS FC's Romulo Ubendu was substituted for Roque Vedillo. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joe Herring stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Romulo Ubendu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerry Lodge saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kamber Enfa in the 55th minute of play forced Valencia C.F.'s goalkeeper Jerry Lodge to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Valencia C.F. defense, Kamber Enfa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jerry Lodge. The Valencia C.F. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jerry Lodge should have stopped the shot. Mustafa Ali Erginer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Jerry Lodge made a huge save. 65 minutes into the match, Romulo Ubendu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jerry Lodge. Valencia C.F.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Romulo Ubendu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Joe Herring's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Çağan Cebeci read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. Jerry Lodge didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when KUZEY ARAS FC's Romulo Ubendu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joe Herring in the 83rd minute of play forced KUZEY ARAS FC's goalkeeper Çağan Cebeci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romulo Ubendu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Jerry Lodge made a huge save. When the match was over KUZEY ARAS FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Valencia C.F. throughout the match.