World League

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Spectators: 7842 (Terracing: 5883, Seating: 1803, VIP seats: 156) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mustafa Hakan Şükür took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute, Arno Jahe made a precise shot to the right of Menios Chloros. Mean Machine's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After a rather tough play, Mean Machine's Nikos Stasinos got a free kick in the 10th minute. Cláudio-André Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nedim Emekli in the 12th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arno Jahe in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Menios Chloros prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Arno Jahe put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Menios Chloros. 19 minutes in the game, Chet Baker dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. After a rather tough play, TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA -'s Chet Baker got a free kick in the 21st minute. Thanks to some nice moves Carles Pujol could shoot a difficult shot in the 26th minute, which Cláudio-André Taffarel however easily saved by the left post. With a little luck, TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA -'s Cláudio-André Taffarel got control of the ball when Nedim Emekli tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cláudio-André Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedim Emekli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustafa Hakan Şükür in the 34th minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miltos Makris did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-2 to the left of a surprised Cláudio-André Taffarel 35 minutes into the match. Nikos Stasinos hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute, Nedim Emekli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mean Machine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Menios Chloros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa Hakan Şükür in the 43rd minute of the match. Cláudio-André Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miltos Makris, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

In the 53rd minute, Arno Jahe made a precise shot to the right of Menios Chloros. Mean Machine's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. Cosmin Cluceru sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mean Machine's Miltos Makris got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mean Machine's Luca Milivojević was substituted for Lakis Mantarinakis. Mean Machine made a substitution. Nikos Kioupouroglou replaced Miltos Makris. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedim Emekli in the 66th minute of play forced TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA -'s goalkeeper Cláudio-André Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cosmin Cluceru in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Menios Chloros prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arno Jahe in the 70th minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carles Pujol in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cláudio-André Taffarel saved TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA - from getting behind. Cláudio-André Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nedim Emekli in the 74th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA -'s Chet Baker got a free kick in the 80th minute. Alkın Kose made in the 83rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Toni Kroos. 87 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Chet Baker came free, but Menios Chloros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cláudio-André Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nedim Emekli in the 90th minute of the match. After having played for 92 minutes, Nedim Emekli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mean Machine's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nedim Emekli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The TR - UYANIŞ KIZILELMA - players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.