World League

Monumental
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1694, VIP seats: 150) 5 minutes into the match, AC Rangers's goal looked a bit too open when Doğuhan Serbülend came free, but Rosendo Balesio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rosendo Balesio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doğuhan Serbülend in the 5th minute of play. Doğuhan Serbülend took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rosendo Balesio. Rosendo Balesio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Rosendo Balesio came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Fear Of The Dark's Doğuhan Serbülend. But to his dismay, Doğuhan Serbülend quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Doğuhan Serbülend took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rosendo Balesio. Rosendo Balesio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Doğuhan Serbülend's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rosendo Balesio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. After a rather tough play, AC Rangers's Ezequiel Ilazki got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 25th minute of the match Fear Of The Dark got a corner. AC Rangers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ignat Mankov ran over to the corner to take the kick. 27 minutes into the match, Fear Of The Dark's Doğuhan Serbülend sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rosendo Balesio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Rosendo Balesio came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Fear Of The Dark's Doğuhan Serbülend. But to his dismay, Doğuhan Serbülend quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. In the 32nd minute, Doğuhan Serbülend got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Rosendo Balesio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Doğuhan Serbülend went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Rosendo Balesio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Doğuhan Serbülend's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. Xavier Pestana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 42 minutes into the match, Fear Of The Dark's Doğuhan Serbülend sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rosendo Balesio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 46 minutes into the match, Doğuhan Serbülend notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of AC Rangers's Rosendo Balesio. Rosendo Balesio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

AC Rangers made a substitution. Tihomir Leustek replaced Ezequiel Ilazki. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Doğuhan Serbülend to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Fear Of The Dark booed when AC Rangers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salvador Ubarna didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rosendo Balesio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doğuhan Serbülend in the 54th minute of play. Rosendo Balesio made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Doğuhan Serbülend sent off a good shot on target. In the 66th minute, Xavier Pestana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of AC Rangers booed when Fear Of The Dark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Güngör İşkembeci didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Rangers's goalkeeper Rosendo Balesio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Bayan Gol's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 76thth minute, Rosendo Balesio skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience was convinced that Bayan Gol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rosendo Balesio was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Salvador Ubarna in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Fear Of The Dark's Tim-Florian Kownatzki. Thanks to some nice moves Bayan Gol could shoot a difficult shot in the 81st minute, which Rosendo Balesio however easily saved by the left post. Rosendo Balesio made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Bayan Gol sent off a good shot on target. Okanalp Çağman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wei De Ling, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute of the match Fear Of The Dark got a corner. AC Rangers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Xavier Pestana ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Fear Of The Dark's corner Xavier Pestana fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rosendo Balesio quite easily take care of the ball. In the 92ndth minute of the game Bayan Gol who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AC Rangers's Rosendo Balesio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bayan Gol blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rosendo Balesio having to make a save. With a little luck, AC Rangers's Rosendo Balesio got control of the ball when Bayan Gol tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Rosendo Balesio managed to avoid a goal in the 94thth minute, when Fear Of The Dark's Güngör İşkembeci fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Güngör İşkembeci did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-7 to the left of a surprised Rosendo Balesio 94 minutes into the match. In the 98th minute, Mariusz Mindykowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Fear Of The Dark eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.