World League

☆ALBATROS☆ Stadium
Spectators: 7259 (Terracing: 5610, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adan Etxeberri made the kick off which started today's match. Sporting Burgas's Álvaro Perpiñán played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adan Etxeberri in the 5th minute of play. Lara Cemborain could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Álvaro Perpiñán made a huge save. In the 7th minute, ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s Eugeniusz Chowaniec seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Eugeniusz Chowaniec the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽ protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Eugeniusz Chowaniec had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Lara Cemborain could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Álvaro Perpiñán made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Davor Šuker in the 20th minute of play forced ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s goalkeeper Aşır Demir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Baykal Gulabi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lara Cemborain got free with Álvaro Perpiñán in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s Aşır Demir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Davor Šuker in the 26th minute of play. In the 30th minute Vintilă Ghițulescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aşır Demir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vintilă Ghițulescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aşır Demir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ke Xiong Chen in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Seve Sevilla in the 35th minute of play forced ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s goalkeeper Aşır Demir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Davor Šuker came free, but Aşır Demir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd minute, Davor Šuker 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. When Sporting Burgas's Ke Xiong Chen in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s goalie prevented a goal. 45 minutes into the match, ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Davor Šuker came free, but Aşır Demir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Davor Šuker was the one to do the kick off. After 58 played minutes Sporting Burgas got a freekick which was hit by Damian Udrescu. Álvaro Perpiñán showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lara Cemborain in the 59th minute of the match. After 60 played minutes ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Ejder Oktar. Aşır Demir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Davor Šuker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the match, ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Ke Xiong Chen came free, but Aşır Demir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adan Etxeberri kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Sporting Burgas's Antonio Fioriti was substituted for Vintilă Ghițulescu. In the 69th minute, Adan Etxeberri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Ke Xiong Chen took a quick shot and it went in 0-1 without a chance for Aşır Demir to make any attempt to save it. After a defensive mix-up in ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s zone, Davor Šuker stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aşır Demir came out of the goal and Davor Šuker tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Álvaro Perpiñán took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adan Etxeberri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s Aşır Demir got control of the ball when Antonio Fioriti tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽ getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Saruhan Akkoç hit a great ball. In the 85th minute of the match, Antonio Fioriti got a very nice opportunity to score, but Aşır Demir was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 88 minutes into the match, Davor Šuker had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aşır Demir. ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Davor Šuker was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The ຖ໐ ēŞ¢คpē!⚽ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Sporting Burgas were clearly better and deserved to take the win.