World League

HFC Arena
Spectators: 7477 (Terracing: 5609, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Alberto Monteiro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Raaojen's Feng Zhen Xi got a free kick in the 4th minute. Mustafa Haydar Yalaz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Monteiro in the 6th minute of the match. Édouard Mendy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nildo Fernandes, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Édouard Mendy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nildo Fernandes went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Édouard Mendy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kıvanç Balyemez in the 10th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jean Messias in the 12th minute of play forced Raaojen's goalkeeper Mustafa Haydar Yalaz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 13 minutes into the match, Hannover Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Akın Turhan came free, but Édouard Mendy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kylan Mbappè sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 19 played minutes Hannover Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Valdir Pinheiro. Mustafa Haydar Yalaz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Monteiro in the 21st minute of the match. In the 22ndth minute of the game Kylan Mbappè who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hannover Football Club's Édouard Mendy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mehmet Osman Samim was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After a rather tough play, Hannover Football Club's Haroldo Lendaa got a free kick in the 32nd minute. In the 32nd minute of the match Kıvanç Balyemez shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Édouard Mendy showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Raaojen's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Monteiro came free, but Mustafa Haydar Yalaz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sílvio Koehler hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. After 38 played minutes, Raaojen's Kıvanç Balyemez shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Édouard Mendy came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Raaojen reached it. In the 41st minute, Kıvanç Balyemez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Raaojen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After a rather tough play, Hannover Football Club's Haroldo Lendaa got a free kick in the 45th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kylan Mbappè to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nildo Fernandes in the 51st minute of play forced Hannover Football Club's goalkeeper Édouard Mendy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 53 minutes into the match, Hannover Football Club's goalkeeper Édouard Mendy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kıvanç Balyemez. Kıvanç Balyemez received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Édouard Mendy came out and tried to block the shot, but Kıvanç Balyemez slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 59th minute. If Jean Messias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hannover Football Club's Édouard Mendy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Hannover Football Club from getting a goal against them. 70 minutes into the match, Hannover Football Club's goalkeeper Édouard Mendy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kylan Mbappè. Édouard Mendy came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Raaojen's Akın Turhan. But to his dismay, Akın Turhan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Akın Turhan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Édouard Mendy came out and tried to block the shot, but Akın Turhan slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 78th minute. Édouard Mendy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kylan Mbappè, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kylan Mbappè succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-6 in the 85th playminute. Kıvanç Balyemez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Édouard Mendy made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Kylan Mbappè sent off a good shot on target. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Raaojen walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.