World League

İnönü IV Stadium
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mao Hong Yang started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the match, Stylus United's goal looked a bit too open when Mao Hong Yang came free, but Gustaf Holm reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. STAL ST WOLA's Moisés Novaes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abu Bakar in the 9th minute of play. Moisés Novaes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abu Bakar in the 10th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Stylus United's Tālis Cam got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 15th minute, Stylus United's Tālis Cam seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Tālis Cam the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Stylus United protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Tālis Cam had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Stylus United fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 14th minute. Penalty! In the 16th minute there was a penalty for STAL ST WOLA. Boleslaw Nakoneczny stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Gustaf Holm. 0-1. Damian Hodas's late challenge caught a Stylus United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Damian Hodas helped the player get up and apologised. Damian Hodas hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Stylus United's Tahir Tümkan got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gustaf Holm came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by STAL ST WOLA's Zygmunt Bielejewski. But to his dismay, Zygmunt Bielejewski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Zygmunt Bielejewski's late challenge caught a Stylus United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zygmunt Bielejewski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 35th minute, Zygmunt Bielejewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mikolaj Lech recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 40th minute, Stylus United's Abu Bakar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Moisés Novaes. Moisés Novaes yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. A collision led to STAL ST WOLA getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Mikolaj Lech hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Abu Bakar kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Moisés Novaes. That made the score 2-2 in the 44 minute of play.

STAL ST WOLA's Stanislaw Domin was substituted for Gu Xiao Kun. Moisés Novaes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Fernando Albuquerque in the 52nd minute of the match. Moisés Novaes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Fernando Albuquerque in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th minute Carlos Fernando Albuquerque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Moisés Novaes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. STAL ST WOLA's Boleslaw Nakoneczny got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stylus United's Gustaf Holm proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Stylus United from getting a goal against them. A collision led to STAL ST WOLA getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Boleslaw Nakoneczny hit a great ball. Stylus United's attentive Alkan Özil managed to snatch the ball when Hayyam Özdoğan made a throw-in in the 72nd minute of the game. Gustaf Holm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikolaj Lech, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Moisés Novaes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Fernando Albuquerque in the 80th minute of the match. Gustaf Holm came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by STAL ST WOLA's Mao Hong Yang. But to his dismay, Mao Hong Yang quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Fernando Albuquerque in the 95th minute of play forced STAL ST WOLA's goalkeeper Moisés Novaes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The STAL ST WOLA supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing STAL ST WOLA would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.