World League

Arena Prezulo
Spectators: 10824 (Terracing: 8119, Seating: 2489, VIP seats: 216) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marco Boniel took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, PREZULO FC's Ferhat Sertuğ got a free kick in the 3rd minute. The audience was convinced that Marco Boniel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Isaac Ferreira was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice moves Turgut Soyuer could shoot a difficult shot in the 7th minute, which Gumersindo Moreira however easily saved by the left post. Gumersindo Moreira was out of position in the 8 minute of play, and Betão de Brito capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Betão de Brito really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 12th minute Richard Parker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isaac Ferreira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gumersindo Moreira came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by PREZULO FC's Mari Balotelli. But to his dismay, Mari Balotelli quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Boomer Fc's Froilan Reyes was substituted for Marco Boniel. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by PREZULO FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bebeto Gaúcho was slow to take the kick. During this time Boomer Fc's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Boomer Fc's Bebeto Gaúcho to fire away a dangerous shot which Isaac Ferreira despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Boomer Fc's Froilan Reyes got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 33 minutes in the game Ferreirinha dos Santos did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Turgut Soyuer. In the 34th minute Turgut Soyuer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gumersindo Moreira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gumersindo Moreira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mari Balotelli in the 35th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Turgut Soyuer got free with Gumersindo Moreira in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Turgut Soyuer stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Boomer Fc got a freekick which was hit by Bebeto Gaúcho. In the 52nd minute, Mari Balotelli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mari Balotelli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Gumersindo Moreira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Boomer Fc's Gumersindo Moreira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Betão de Brito in the 58th minute of play. Boomer Fc's Froilan Reyes got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 68 minutes into the match, Boomer Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Turgut Soyuer came free, but Gumersindo Moreira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Froilan Reyes got free with Isaac Ferreira in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 71 minutes of play, PREZULO FC's Mari Balotelli made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gumersindo Moreira was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 77thth minute of the game Froilan Reyes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PREZULO FC's Isaac Ferreira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 87 played minutes PREZULO FC got a freekick which was hit by Ferreirinha dos Santos. Boomer Fc's Gumersindo Moreira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Betão de Brito in the 93rd minute of play.