World League

Gotham City
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tayfun Esentürk got the match started through his kick off. Lúcio Proença hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. - JOKER -'s attentive Dündar Ersezen managed to snatch the ball when Casimiro Kemen made a throw-in in the 5th minute of the game. 7 minutes into the match, Ascacibar-Pérez's goalkeeper Serafin Semeno had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tayfun Esentürk. In the 11th minute, Lúcio Proença 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. Tolunay Boz kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tayfun Esentürk in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Serafin Semeno prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ascacibar-Pérez's Serafin Semeno proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Ascacibar-Pérez from getting a goal against them. 24 minutes into the match, - JOKER -'s goal looked a bit too open when Faustino Enol came free, but Ali Behzat Kutberk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lúcio Proença in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Serafin Semeno saved Ascacibar-Pérez from getting behind. Benjamin Ciceron kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. - JOKER -'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dündar Ersezen in the 36th minute. After 38 minutes, Mehmet Osman Sadri mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the - JOKER - and the Ascacibar-Pérez players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 38th minute, Mehmet Osman Sadri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marco Dimo kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the match, Ascacibar-Pérez's goalkeeper Serafin Semeno had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dündar Ersezen. In the 42nd match minute, Ascacibar-Pérez was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angelo Rito to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Faustino Enol stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, - JOKER -'s goalkeeper Ali Behzat Kutberk had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Angelo Rito. In the 55th minute, Tayfun Esentürk 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. - JOKER - made a substitution. Hami Alişan replaced Cabbar Işıldar. Ali Behzat Kutberk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Faustino Enol in the 65th minute of play. Ali Behzat Kutberk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Faustino Enol in the 66th minute of play. Tayfun Esentürk struck a weak shot in the 73rd minute. Serafin Semeno didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for - JOKER -. - JOKER -'s Lúcio Proença got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lúcio Proença in the 81st minute of play forced Ascacibar-Pérez's goalkeeper Serafin Semeno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in - JOKER -'s zone, Angelo Rito stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ali Behzat Kutberk came out of the goal and Angelo Rito tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 87 minutes into the match, Celal Baykoca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Serafin Semeno. Ascacibar-Pérez's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Celal Baykoca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 90th minute, Lúcio Proença 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. After 91 played minutes Ascacibar-Pérez got a freekick which was hit by Angelo Rito. In the 92nd minute Muammer Humbaracıbaşı shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serafin Semeno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Ascacibar-Pérez defense, Dündar Ersezen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Serafin Semeno. The Ascacibar-Pérez fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Serafin Semeno should have stopped the shot. There was no doubt that - JOKER - were the better team. - JOKER -'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.