World League

Cardio Staidium
Spectators: 7736 (Terracing: 5803, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Harm de Freitas made the kick off which started today's match. Selahaddin Esentürk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alessandro do Valle in the 5th minute of the match. Selahaddin Esentürk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harm de Freitas in the 8th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kerim Altunbaş got free with Matei Răducu in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Selahaddin Esentürk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Di Blasio, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. The supporters of AMLUCHO booed when MarquinhosEC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Barrie Deacon didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 16 played minutes, AMLUCHO's Jackie Banks shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Matei Răducu came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in AMLUCHO reached it. Matei Răducu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nélson Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Matei Răducu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kerim Altunbaş in the 20th minute of the match. Matei Răducu made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Kerim Altunbaş sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alessandro do Valle in the 27th minute of play forced AMLUCHO's goalkeeper Selahaddin Esentürk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Selahaddin Esentürk came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by MarquinhosEC's Harm de Freitas. But to his dismay, Harm de Freitas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jackie Banks got free with Matei Răducu in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Matei Răducu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kerim Altunbaş in the 37th minute of the match. If Teofil Paprotny had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Matei Răducu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jackie Banks in the 42nd minute of the match. Matei Răducu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nélson Sousa in the 45th minute of the match. After the first half MarquinhosEC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

In the 54th minute MarquinhosEC were awarded a corner. Gabriel Martini went to the cornerflag to take it. Fausto Di Blasio was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Matei Răducu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nélson Sousa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nélson Sousa in the 64th minute of play forced MarquinhosEC's goalkeeper Matei Răducu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute Nélson Sousa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matei Răducu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. MarquinhosEC made a substitution. Marco Tardelli replaced Harm de Freitas. MarquinhosEC made a substitution. Esteve Quinto replaced Mark Kovalev. In the 69th minute AMLUCHO were awarded a corner. Jackie Banks went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nélson Sousa in the 71st minute of play forced MarquinhosEC's goalkeeper Matei Răducu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matei Răducu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kerim Altunbaş in the 73rd minute of play. With a little luck, AMLUCHO's Selahaddin Esentürk got control of the ball when Inácio Freitas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fausto Di Blasio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Selahaddin Esentürk made a huge save. AMLUCHO made a substitution. Hieronim Tarasek replaced Kerim Altunbaş. AMLUCHO made a substitution. Mati Magen replaced Nélson Sousa. After a rather tough play, AMLUCHO's Teofil Paprotny got a free kick in the 80th minute. If Jackie Banks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 84 minutes into the match, Hieronim Tarasek notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of MarquinhosEC's Matei Răducu. Matei Răducu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 95th minute, Mati Magen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matei Răducu was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. MarquinhosEC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.