World League

Okudo Sports Center
Spectators: 7400 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Orlin Buhlev kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Koller in the 6th minute of play forced Nankatsu SC's goalkeeper Arlindo Silva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 7 minutes Nankatsu SC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edmondo Melone who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Nankatsu SC's goalie and right to Dario Draxler. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Nankatsu SC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 11th minute Harun Gökyüzü shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Korneliusz Rasimowicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arlindo Silva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Koller, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nankatsu SC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edmondo Melone was slow to take the kick. During this time Deportivo Ortegano's players had a chance to rest. Korneliusz Rasimowicz made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Orlin Buhlev sent off a good shot on target. In the 23rd minute of the game Berker Gerdaneri made a throw-in which Harun Gökyüzü played forward. Harun Gökyüzü sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arlindo Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Koller in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute of the match Deportivo Ortegano got a corner. Nankatsu SC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edmondo Melone ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Edmondo Melone got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Arlindo Silva quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 39 minutes of play, Nankatsu SC's Harun Gökyüzü made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Korneliusz Rasimowicz was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 44th minute of the game Patrik Malm made a throw-in which Berker Gerdaneri played forward. 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.

The wind increased when Jan Koller made the kick off in the second half. Arlindo Silva made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jan Koller in the 56th minute. 64 minutes in the game, Jan Koller fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Arlindo Silva having to interfere. Deportivo Ortegano made a substitution. Nicasio Guipuzcoa replaced Dario Draxler. Deportivo Ortegano's Orland Uceda was substituted for Jan Koller. Alper Evcimen kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. With a little luck, Nankatsu SC's Arlindo Silva got control of the ball when Orland Uceda tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Orland Uceda took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Arlindo Silva to make any attempt to save it. Nankatsu SC's Harun Gökyüzü got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Ortegano's Orland Uceda got a free kick in the 82nd minute. 86 minutes into the match, Orland Uceda notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Nankatsu SC's Arlindo Silva. Arlindo Silva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Arlindo Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicasio Guipuzcoa in the 93rd minute of play. Orland Uceda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Arlindo Silva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Deportivo Ortegano players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.