World League

Akyazı Arena
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cecilio Tristan started the match with the kick off. Alejo Otsandos short, quick shot in the 3rdth minute got Hugo Orlando Gatti to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 5 minutes into the match, Abuba Akotonon FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alejo Otsando came free, but Hugo Orlando Gatti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emanuel Aurre made in the 7th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ariel Artaldo. In the 10th minute of the game Emanuel Aurre made a throw-in which Ariel Artaldo played forward. Yunus Civan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cecilio Tristan, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Genaro Elivareo in the 18th minute of play forced Trabzonspor's goalkeeper Yunus Civan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A hard shot 30 in the game by Alejo Otsando from a close distance when the talented Hugo Orlando Gatti managed to make a qualified save. Abuba Akotonon FC's players were relieved. Yunus Civan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cecilio Tristan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the match, Cecilio Tristan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yunus Civan. Trabzonspor's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cecilio Tristan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Vânderson Barbosa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Abuba Akotonon FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Vânderson Barbosa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yunus Civan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind Abuba Akotonon FC's goalkeeper Hugo Orlando Gatti, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Genaro Elivareo 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. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alejo Otsando made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Alejo Otsando managed to get in a good position for a shot. Trabzonspor's supporters rose to their feet, but Alejo Otsando was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hugo Orlando Gatti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vânderson Barbosa in the 60th minute of play forced Trabzonspor's goalkeeper Yunus Civan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute, Alejo Otsando ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hugo Orlando Gatti was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. After 75 played minutes Trabzonspor got a freekick which was hit by Bedrettin Özaktuğ. After a rather tough play, Trabzonspor's Bedrettin Özaktuğ got a free kick in the 76th minute. Ivo Waard hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. After having played for 84 minutes, Genaro Elivareo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Abuba Akotonon FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Genaro Elivareo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Trabzonspor's Yunus Civan got control of the ball when Cecilio Tristan tried to sneak it across the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, Trabzonspor's goalkeeper Yunus Civan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cecilio Tristan. Kerem Erek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Hugo Orlando Gatti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.