World League

Trabzon
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) Gencer Uluöz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Slavcho Kanov made a huge save. Trabzon's Fodil Otman came free and shot a quick shot against goal 9 minutes in the game, fortunately Slavcho Kanov had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Mustafa Hamit Kutlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfred Klawki in the 13th minute of play. Mustafa Hamit Kutlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Javier Turi in the 14th minute of the match. In the 18th minute, Fodil Otman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Slavcho Kanov. The goal made the score 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gencer Uluöz in the 20th minute of play forced Legia Stavanger's goalkeeper Slavcho Kanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Legia Stavanger's goal looked a bit too open when Gencer Uluöz came free, but Slavcho Kanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Legia Stavanger's Nicolae Ciorogaru got a free kick in the 29th minute. With a little luck, Legia Stavanger's Slavcho Kanov got control of the ball when Gencer Uluöz tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 34th minute, Orest Bredun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 37 minutes into the match, Fodil Otman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Slavcho Kanov. Legia Stavanger's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fodil Otman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Fodil Otman made the kick off in the second half. Mustafa Hamit Kutlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gjermund Viste, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Mustafa Hamit Kutlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Javier Turi in the 63rd minute of play. After 64 played minutes Trabzon got a freekick which was hit by Gencer Uluöz. Mustafa Hamit Kutlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Javier Turi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th match minute, Legia Stavanger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfred Klawki to maneuver through the defense. Slavcho Kanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fodil Otman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Legia Stavanger's Slavcho Kanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jo Adler in the 70th minute of play. Slavcho Kanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gencer Uluöz in the 71st minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Legia Stavanger's goal looked a bit too open when Fodil Otman came free, but Slavcho Kanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th match minute, Legia Stavanger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Javier Turi to maneuver through the defense. Javier Turi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mustafa Hamit Kutlu came out and tried to block the shot, but Javier Turi slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 78th minute. Trabzon's Mustafa Hamit Kutlu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Trabzon from getting a goal against them. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Trabzon's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gjermund Viste was slow to take the kick. During this time Legia Stavanger's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Gjermund Viste got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mustafa Hamit Kutlu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jo Adler might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Slavcho Kanov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jo Adler ran back to his position shaking his head. Slavcho Kanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fodil Otman in the 84th minute of play. In the 86th minute Trabzon were awarded a corner. Keijo Kungla went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Javier Turi in the 88th minute of play forced Trabzon's goalkeeper Mustafa Hamit Kutlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfred Klawki could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Mustafa Hamit Kutlu made a huge save. Trabzon's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.