World League

TÜRK TELEKOM ARENA
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Julien-Nils Trede got the match started through his kick off. Ferit Boğatekin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julien-Nils Trede in the 4th minute of play. Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Poli Timisoara from getting a goal against them. In the 7th minute Poli Timisoara were awarded a corner. Çağdaş Yuvakuran went to the cornerflag to take it. THE LEGEND COME BACK's Ferit Boğatekin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauro Primeiro in the 14th minute of play. Ferit Boğatekin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Çağdaş Yuvakuran, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 19th minute, João Augusto Dolić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The THE LEGEND COME BACK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noel Buhagiar in the 25th minute of play forced Poli Timisoara's goalkeeper Ovidiu Adrian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Ovidiu Adrian managed to avoid a goal in the 26thth minute, when THE LEGEND COME BACK's Baltasar Frasquito fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 27th minute of the match THE LEGEND COME BACK got a corner. Poli Timisoara's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. João Augusto Dolić ran over to the corner to take the kick. Anton Axelsson made a great header on THE LEGEND COME BACK's corner, it was just that Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to Poli Timisoara getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Heiko Kalish hit a great ball. Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmund Gondek in the 36th minute of play. Ferit Boğatekin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julien-Nils Trede in the 38th minute of play. In the 39th match minute, Poli Timisoara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Çağdaş Yuvakuran to maneuver through the defense. Ovidiu Adrian made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Zülfü Kabakçı sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Poli Timisoara booed when THE LEGEND COME BACK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Augusto Dolić didn't get a good kick on the ball. Korkutalp Özguven in the 46thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ovidiu Adrian, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Baltasar Frasquito took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ovidiu Adrian. Ovidiu Adrian dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Ferit Boğatekin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tiger De Hond, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. After some careless play in the Poli Timisoara defense, Uğurcan Çağaçar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ovidiu Adrian. The Poli Timisoara fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ovidiu Adrian should have stopped the shot. 76 minutes into the match, Tiger De Hond had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ferit Boğatekin. THE LEGEND COME BACK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tiger De Hond was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. The audience was convinced that Baltasar Frasquito's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ovidiu Adrian was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Baltasar Frasquito took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ovidiu Adrian. Ovidiu Adrian dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Ovidiu Adrian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Uğurcan Çağaçar in the 85th minute of the match. Baltasar Frasquito blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ovidiu Adrian having to make a save. The audience was convinced that Julien-Nils Trede's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ferit Boğatekin was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. The Poli Timisoara fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when Poli Timisoara's Julien-Nils Trede looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The audience was convinced that Noel Buhagiar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ovidiu Adrian was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. After 96 minutes, Noel Buhagiar made it 5-2 with a short kick to the right side. Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. THE LEGEND COME BACK's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.