World League

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Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kåre Bruhn made the kick off which started today's match. Edwin Sjöberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nando Muslera having to make a save. VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's Nando Muslera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edwin Sjöberg in the 3rd minute of play. A collision led to Onsala Ass Kickers getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Johannes Stenberg hit a great ball. 8 minutes into the match, Ulaş Balaban had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thomas Hägglund. Onsala Ass Kickers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ulaş Balaban was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Ulaş Balaban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Hägglund having to interfere. Edwin Sjöberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nando Muslera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edwin Sjöberg ran back to his position shaking his head. Nando Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edwin Sjöberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Costel Damian during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 19th minute Erenay Mutluer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Hägglund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edwin Sjöberg in the 22nd minute of the match. Thomas Hägglund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulaş Balaban in the 23rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Edwin Sjöberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nando Muslera was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. When Onsala Ass Kickers's Kåre Bruhn in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's goalie prevented a goal. Edwin Sjöberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nando Muslera having to make a save. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Wiktor Basinski to make the kick off. A collision led to VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Ulaş Balaban hit a great ball. Emanuel Kilström kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Onsala Ass Kickers's Thomas Hägglund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wiktor Basinski in the 57th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yunus Boztepe in the 59th minute of play forced Onsala Ass Kickers's goalkeeper Thomas Hägglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Erenay Mutluer managed to get in a good position for a shot. VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's supporters rose to their feet, but Erenay Mutluer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thomas Hägglund breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ulaş Balaban struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Thomas Hägglund didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL. After 66 played minutes VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL got a freekick which was hit by Serhan Başarman. In the 68th match minute, Onsala Ass Kickers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Viggo Billing to maneuver through the defense. Ulaş Balaban received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Thomas Hägglund tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wiktor Basinski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Axel Uggstedt kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Erenay Mutluer managed to get in a good position for a shot. VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL's supporters rose to their feet, but Erenay Mutluer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thomas Hägglund breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Serhan Başarman's late challenge caught a Onsala Ass Kickers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Serhan Başarman helped the player get up and apologised. Serhan Başarman hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute, Ulaş Balaban left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. For all the effort they put into the match, the Onsala Ass Kickers players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for VaRıNcA ÇaLdıR iStaNbuL.