World League

Stars Stadium
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Palmiro Picasso made the kick off which started today's match. 6 minutes into the match, STARS TEAM's Valentin Zgrăbunţa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gentil Miranda narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Christoph Haßelmann fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ateş Rahim having to interfere. Valentin Zgrăbunţa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Qiao Kang Yi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15thth minute of the game Valentin Zgrăbunţa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pau Nas Canelas's Gentil Miranda was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 17 minutes into the match, Pau Nas Canelas's goalkeeper Gentil Miranda had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Esteban Paredes. Gentil Miranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Zgrăbunţa in the 21st minute of play. STARS TEAM's Valentin Zgrăbunţa was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 23rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Valentin Zgrăbunţa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gentil Miranda having to interfere. After 29 played minutes Pau Nas Canelas got a freekick which was hit by Lech Biraga. Qiao Kang Yi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Gentil Miranda made a huge save. Valentin Zgrăbunţa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gentil Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentin Zgrăbunţa, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute STARS TEAM were awarded a corner. Esteban Paredes went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to STARS TEAM's Qiao Kang Yi getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Hürkan Yazganalp blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gentil Miranda having to make a save. Gentil Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Esteban Paredes, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Valentin Zgrăbunţa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gentil Miranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Zgrăbunţa in the 52nd minute of play. Hürkan Yazganalp was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ludomir Barna in the 56th minute of play forced STARS TEAM's goalkeeper Ateş Rahim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute Valentin Zgrăbunţa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gentil Miranda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Burhan İsiman was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 61 minutes into the match. A collision led to STARS TEAM getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Burhan İsiman hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute of the match Lech Biraga shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ateş Rahim showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Qiao Kang Yi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ateş Rahim made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Ludomir Barna sent off a good shot on target. Gentil Miranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Zgrăbunţa in the 72nd minute of play. STARS TEAM were awarded a corner in the 73th minute after Pau Nas Canelas's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Esteban Paredes took the corner. The corner led STARS TEAM's Esteban Paredes to fire away a dangerous shot which Gentil Miranda despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. If Baki Yenay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gentil Miranda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Zgrăbunţa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gentil Miranda stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valentin Zgrăbunţa's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. 86 minutes into the match, Valentin Zgrăbunţa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gentil Miranda. Pau Nas Canelas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valentin Zgrăbunţa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Gentil Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentin Zgrăbunţa, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Gentil Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qiao Kang Yi, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. 94 minutes into the game, STARS TEAM's Qiao Kang Yi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gentil Miranda made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0.