World League

1283 HARBİYE
Spectators: 7619 (Terracing: 5715, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kanu Kanu made the kick off which started today's match. 6 minutes into the match, BAŞBUĞ's Timos Kazantzou sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paul Holmstedt narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Paul Holmstedt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timos Kazantzou in the 9th minute of the match. A hard shot 11 in the game by Timos Kazantzou from a close distance when the talented Paul Holmstedt managed to make a qualified save. FC Pepsi's players were relieved. Timos Kazantzou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timos Kazantzou in the 15th minute of play forced FC Pepsi's goalkeeper Paul Holmstedt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cao Rong Jian hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Pepsi's goalkeeper Paul Holmstedt, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 20 minutes into the match, FC Pepsi's goal looked a bit too open when Timos Kazantzou came free, but Paul Holmstedt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. BAŞBUĞ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Götz Ferdi in the 23rd minute. Marco Recio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lv Yuan Kuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Timos Kazantzou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Paul Holmstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timos Kazantzou, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the match, FC Pepsi's Joshua Sammut Castelletti sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Recio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Timos Kazantzou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Cao Rong Jian made in the 36th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by BAŞBUĞ's Arda Baybars Salik. If Timos Kazantzou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Paul Holmstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timos Kazantzou, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind BAŞBUĞ's goalkeeper Marco Recio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Götz Ferdi hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute of the match Lars Hedlund shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marco Recio showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 47th minute, Timos Kazantzou 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Timos Kazantzou stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kanu Kanu got free with Marco Recio in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 55 minutes into the match, BAŞBUĞ's Timos Kazantzou sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paul Holmstedt narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Paul Holmstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timos Kazantzou, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Bartosz Lange hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lars Hedlund got free with Marco Recio in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Timos Kazantzou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. FC Pepsi's Paul Holmstedt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timos Kazantzou in the 61st minute of play. In the 65th match minute, BAŞBUĞ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by İlyas Tolga Kerimhan to maneuver through the defense. BAŞBUĞ's Hernan Oroitz was substituted for Romain Van Achteren. İlyas Tolga Kerimhan hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Marco Recio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joshua Sammut Castelletti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timos Kazantzou in the 70th minute of play forced FC Pepsi's goalkeeper Paul Holmstedt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 71 played minutes FC Pepsi got a freekick which was hit by Lv Yuan Kuan. FC Pepsi made a substitution. Kurt Lundin replaced Lv Yuan Kuan. BAŞBUĞ made a substitution. Hüseyin Can Orak replaced Timos Kazantzou. Lv Yuan Kuan kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Paul Holmstedt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hüseyin Can Orak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paul Holmstedt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hüseyin Can Orak went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Paul Holmstedt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enis Behiç Nizami, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paul Holmstedt came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by BAŞBUĞ's Enis Behiç Nizami. But to his dismay, Enis Behiç Nizami quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Marco Recio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Lucente in the 85th minute of play. In the 90th minute Hüseyin Can Orak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Holmstedt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 93 minutes into the match, Hernan Oroitz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paul Holmstedt. FC Pepsi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hernan Oroitz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. BAŞBUĞ's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.