World League

Shea
Spectators: 7615 (Terracing: 5712, Seating: 1751, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Richard Nixon took the kick off in the first half of the match. Charles Puyol tried in the 5th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Ruperto Burni a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-0. Barbaros Bozbey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Behram Ünsevin in the 9th minute of play. In the 13th minute Onur Bumba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Barbaros Bozbey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Onur Bumba in the 16th minute of play forced The Cavern Club's goalkeeper Barbaros Bozbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Cavern Club's Richard Nixon got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Barbaros Bozbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hadi Pektaşi in the 19th minute of the match. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Dejavu's goalkeeper Ruperto Burni, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dejavu's Ruperto Burni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Dejavu from getting a goal against them. In the 23rd minute Hadi Pektaşi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Barbaros Bozbey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Barbaros Bozbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hadi Pektaşi in the 23rd minute of the match. With a little luck, Dejavu's Ruperto Burni got control of the ball when Lakis Kaminaris tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Gonzalo Vergaray had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Barbaros Bozbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hadi Pektaşi in the 34th minute of the match. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dejavu's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Isaias Naike was slow to take the kick. During this time The Cavern Club's players had a chance to rest. Onur Türkoğlu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hadi Pektaşi made a kick off. Ruperto Burni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Nixon in the 52nd minute of play. With a little luck, The Cavern Club's Barbaros Bozbey got control of the ball when Hadi Pektaşi tried to sneak it across the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Richard Nixon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ruperto Burni. Dejavu's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Richard Nixon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. The Cavern Club made a substitution. Geovani Mendonça replaced Richard Nixon. Jacobo Porfirio hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. The Cavern Club's Barbaros Bozbey proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save The Cavern Club from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hadi Pektaşi got free with Barbaros Bozbey in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hadi Pektaşi in the 81st minute of play forced The Cavern Club's goalkeeper Barbaros Bozbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th match minute, The Cavern Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yoel Liñan to maneuver through the defense. Ruperto Burni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geovani Mendonça in the 90th minute of the match. When The Cavern Club's Geovani Mendonça, in the 90th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for The Cavern Club. Ruperto Burni came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by The Cavern Club's Geovani Mendonça. But to his dismay, Geovani Mendonça quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. The Cavern Club's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.