World League

Fara Park
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ryan Portanares took the kick off in the first half of the match. 2 minutes into the match, Behçet Alp notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Åsnes's Sturle Åsland. Sturle Åsland was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Angelo Boni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Snorre Fonn in the 8th minute of play. In the 9th minute of the match Åsnes got a corner. Farafulla FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kim Alnes ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Farafulla FC's goalie and right to Petter Vartdal. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Farafulla FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 15 minutes into the match, Behçet Alp notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Åsnes's Sturle Åsland. Sturle Åsland was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 21 minutes into the match, Åsnes's goal looked a bit too open when Angelo Ceci came free, but Sturle Åsland reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Kim Alnes came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Åsnes fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Kim Alnes couldn't finish the play. Sturle Åsland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Behçet Alp in the 27th minute of play. In the 29th minute, Behçet Alp reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sturle Åsland. The goal made the score 4-0. In the 32nd match minute, Åsnes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Snorre Fonn to maneuver through the defense. In the 34th minute, Åsnes's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ryan Portanares fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 46 played minutes Åsnes got a freekick which was hit by Necdet Baysu. Behçet Alp could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Sturle Åsland made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in Åsnes's zone, Felice Di Ruscio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sturle Åsland came out of the goal and Felice Di Ruscio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kim Alnes to make the kick off. Sturle Åsland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Behçet Alp, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Ciccio Odisio made in the 61st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Åsnes's Poyraz Erçetin. After some careless play in the Åsnes defense, Behçet Alp kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sturle Åsland. The Åsnes fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sturle Åsland should have stopped the shot. Sturle Åsland didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ryan Portanares went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. If Kim Alnes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kim Alnes hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Sturle Åsland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ryan Portanares in the 78th minute of the match. The supporters of Farafulla FC booed when Åsnes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jon-Inge Nysæter didn't get a good kick on the ball. Behçet Alp fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sturle Åsland having to interfere. In the 84th minute, Felice Di Ruscio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sturle Åsland was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. Ryan Portanares took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sturle Åsland. Sturle Åsland dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-0. In the 92nd minute, Behçet Alp ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sturle Åsland was frozen by the shot and now it was 10-0. After 94 minutes of play, Farafulla FC's Behçet Alp made it 11-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sturle Åsland was left in no man's land by his defense there! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Farafulla FC had played much better football throughout.