World League

Falcon Arena
Spectators: 7631 (Terracing: 5724, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 152) Ernesto Damião started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Minotauro's Giovanni de Toledo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mustafa Hakan Şükür in the 8th minute of play. In the 8th minute, Mustafa Hakan Şükür ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Giovanni de Toledo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 11 minutes into the match, Minotauro's goalkeeper Giovanni de Toledo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chet Baker. Giovanni de Toledo was out of position in the 12 minute of play, and Arno Jahe capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Arno Jahe really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Giovanni de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mustafa Hakan Şükür, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. After a rather tough play, Minotauro's Jano Palmeira got a free kick in the 17th minute. When TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA -'s Arno Jahe in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Minotauro's goalie prevented a goal. Giovanni de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mustafa Hakan Şükür, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute, Lütfi Erkılıç had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. 21 minutes into the game, Emílio Matorin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Minotauro's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA - the free kick. TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA -'s Sandu Cenușă was substituted for Lütfi Erkılıç. Emílio Matorin hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Minotauro defense, Mustafa Hakan Şükür kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Giovanni de Toledo. The Minotauro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Giovanni de Toledo should have stopped the shot. Cosmin Cluceru scored 4-0 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giovanni de Toledo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Giovanni de Toledo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chet Baker in the 32nd minute. Cosmin Cluceru came free with the goalkeeper in the 33rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Giovanni de Toledo could save by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arno Jahe in the 34th minute of play forced Minotauro's goalkeeper Giovanni de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Minotauro's Bartosz Bednorz managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Fabian Sierocki in the 37 minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Arno Jahe took a quick shot and it went in 5-0 without a chance for Giovanni de Toledo to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Irinel Balotă got free with Giovanni de Toledo in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA - getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Mustafa Hakan Şükür hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Minotauro defense, Arno Jahe kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Giovanni de Toledo. The Minotauro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Giovanni de Toledo should have stopped the shot. Minotauro's Zé Paulo Mendonça was substituted for Severino Guerra.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mustafa Hakan Şükür was the one to do the kick off. Arno Jahe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Giovanni de Toledo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arno Jahe might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Giovanni de Toledo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arno Jahe ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Mustafa Hakan Şükür's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Giovanni de Toledo was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. After 59 minutes of play, TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA -'s Arno Jahe made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Giovanni de Toledo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ernesto Damião kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Mustafa Hakan Şükür scored 8-0 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giovanni de Toledo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA - were awarded a corner in the 71th minute after Minotauro's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sandu Cenușă took the corner. After some careless play in the Minotauro defense, Arno Jahe kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Giovanni de Toledo. The Minotauro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Giovanni de Toledo should have stopped the shot. 79 minutes into the match, Chet Baker notched a goal, 10-0, to the right of Minotauro's Giovanni de Toledo. Giovanni de Toledo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Fabian Sierocki made in the 81st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Cosmin Cluceru. Giovanni de Toledo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mustafa Hakan Şükür in the 86th minute of play. Giovanni de Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chet Baker in the 88th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, Minotauro's goal looked a bit too open when Chet Baker came free, but Giovanni de Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Giovanni de Toledo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mustafa Hakan Şükür in the 89th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA -'s goalkeeper Cláudio-André Taffarel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ernesto Damião. Minotauro's Giovanni de Toledo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chet Baker in the 97th minute of play. Giovanni de Toledo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arno Jahe in the 98th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA - players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.