World League

BİSHKEK ARENA
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Galatasaray SK's Cristiano Hagi started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Guilherme Galvão in the 3rd minute of play forced Galatasaray SK's goalkeeper Latif Al Fakir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Galatasaray SK's Latif Al Fakir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Guilherme Galvão in the 6th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Real Brasil F.C.'s Zé Paulo de Azevedo got a free kick in the 7th minute. Cristiano Hagi took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nilton Marinho. Nilton Marinho dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 15th minute, Galatasaray SK's Yiğit Özdoğru ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nilton Marinho. Nilton Marinho yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. The supporters of Real Brasil F.C. booed when Galatasaray SK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksandr Kalashnikov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Real Brasil F.C.'s Zé Paulo de Azevedo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Latif Al Fakir narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With his leg Nilton Marinho managed to avoid a goal in the 27thth minute, when Galatasaray SK's Eric Oltean fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 30thth minute of the game Luís Guilherme Galvão who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Galatasaray SK's Latif Al Fakir was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Galatasaray SK's goal looked a bit too open when Tiago Gabriel Mendes came free, but Latif Al Fakir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Abel Rosado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Latif Al Fakir was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Valeriy Chernetsov hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Latif Al Fakir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiago Gabriel Mendes in the 41st minute of play. In the 43rd minute Yiğit Özdoğru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilton Marinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nilton Marinho made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Cristiano Hagi sent off a good shot on target. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The wind increased when Tiago Gabriel Mendes made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Real Brasil F.C.'s Sydney Rossi got a free kick in the 51st minute. Nilton Marinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eric Oltean in the 59th minute of play. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Anders Målare advanced and headed the ball into goal, 4-0 in the 61st minute. Nilton Marinho stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristiano Hagi's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Abel Rosado could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Latif Al Fakir made a huge save. Cristiano Hagi scored 5-0 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nilton Marinho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Real Brasil F.C.'s Nilton Marinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anders Målare in the 75th minute of play. After 76 minutes of play, Real Brasil F.C.'s Abel Rosado made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Latif Al Fakir was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Luís Guilherme Galvão got free with Latif Al Fakir in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 83rd minute, Eric Oltean hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Galatasaray SK's Latif Al Fakir proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Galatasaray SK from getting a goal against them. In the 93rd minute, Cristiano Hagi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nilton Marinho was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1.