World League

Haumonia
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kerim Altunbaş took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Kerim Altunbaş came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the AMLUCHO fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Kerim Altunbaş couldn't finish the play. AMLUCHO's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jackie Banks in the 13th minute. After 15 played minutes AMLUCHO got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Fábio Trevisan. In the 21st minute Kerim Altunbaş shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nacho Gonzalez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nacho Gonzalez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kerim Altunbaş, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Jackie Banks got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nacho Gonzalez quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 33 minutes into the match, AMLUCHO's goalkeeper Selahaddin Esentürk had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luisinho Laguna. After 35 played minutes El Gallo de Moron got a freekick which was hit by Gilberto Ihazintu. AMLUCHO's Selahaddin Esentürk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save AMLUCHO from getting a goal against them. 42 minutes into the match, El Gallo de Moron's goal looked a bit too open when Kerim Altunbaş came free, but Nacho Gonzalez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luisinho Laguna stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. AMLUCHO's Nélson Sousa quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Vasile Neicu, made in the 52nd minute of the game. Luisinho Laguna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Selahaddin Esentürk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 56th minute, Kerim Altunbaş reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nacho Gonzalez. The goal made the score 0-2. After 63 minutes of play, El Gallo de Moron's Luisinho Laguna made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Selahaddin Esentürk was left in no man's land by his defense there! AMLUCHO's Miguel Vilarinho was substituted for Nélson Sousa. After a rather tough play, AMLUCHO's Vasco Gaspar got a free kick in the 67th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Vasile Neicu in the 80th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by AMLUCHO's Damiano Formica. Luisinho Laguna scored 3-2 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Selahaddin Esentürk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nacho Gonzalez made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Mati Magen sent off a good shot on target. El Gallo de Moron's Pierre Le Saint was substituted for Luisinho Laguna. AMLUCHO's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jackie Banks in the 90th minute. In the 91st minute, Pierre Le Saint ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Selahaddin Esentürk was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. Nacho Gonzalez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mati Magen went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. AMLUCHO's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.