League

Thunders Field
Spectators: 10977 (Terracing: 8234, Seating: 2524, VIP seats: 219) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Percival Costa started the match with the kick off. StopBuyingToken's João Adolfo Lago played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Percival Costa in the 3rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yang Wen in the 4th minute of play forced StopBuyingToken's goalkeeper João Adolfo Lago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andreas Peintner in the 7th minute of play forced International Thunders's goalkeeper Rouven Nussli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. International Thunders's Rouven Nussli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kılıçalp Şimşektürk in the 10th minute of play. In the 10th minute Kılıçalp Şimşektürk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rouven Nussli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jelle Knopper hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute Tomasz Burufski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rouven Nussli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 17 minutes into the game, StopBuyingToken's Andreas Peintner nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rouven Nussli made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. If Tomasz Burufski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rouven Nussli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andreas Peintner in the 23rd minute of the match. After 25 minutes International Thunders's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Michael-Peter Villa who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on StopBuyingToken's corner Andreas Peintner fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rouven Nussli quite easily take care of the ball. When Jelle Knopper came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the International Thunders fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jelle Knopper couldn't finish the play. After 31 minutes StopBuyingToken's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Julien-Nils Freeh who took care of the corner kick. Percival Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. João Adolfo Lago tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind International Thunders's goalkeeper Rouven Nussli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 42 minutes into the match, International Thunders's goal looked a bit too open when Andreas Peintner came free, but Rouven Nussli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rouven Nussli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andreas Peintner in the 47th minute of the match. The International Thunders players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. StopBuyingToken were winning 0-1.

StopBuyingToken made a substitution. Necati Temizhan replaced Andreas Peintner. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomasz Burufski to strike the kick off in the second half. Tibor Bäuschlein fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Adolfo Lago having to interfere. Tomasz Burufski in the 56thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rouven Nussli, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 0-2 became the score in the 56th minute when Tomasz Burufski elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. João Adolfo Lago showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 冯亦思 in the 63rd minute of the match. After 65 minutes, Necati Temizhan made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. International Thunders's Rouven Nussli tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. João Adolfo Lago made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Percival Costa in the 71st minute of play. Rouven Nussli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Necati Temizhan in the 74th minute. Kılıçalp Şimşektürk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Rouven Nussli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tibor Bäuschlein in the 81st minute of play forced StopBuyingToken's goalkeeper João Adolfo Lago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rouven Nussli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Necati Temizhan in the 82nd minute of play. StopBuyingToken's Necati Temizhan got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rouven Nussli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomasz Burufski in the 85th minute. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Tomasz Burufski put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Rouven Nussli. 90 minutes into the match, International Thunders's goalkeeper Rouven Nussli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Necati Temizhan. StopBuyingToken's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.