World League

ʀᴀᴄᴇᴄᴏᴜʀꜱᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ
Spectators: 8419 (Terracing: 6315, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) Tord Söderqvist started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Vicky Donda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nereo Osasun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ's Vicky Donda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uriel Cordarrel in the 8th minute of play. Karel Zádrapa made in the 16th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ's Lajos Szatmári. Manfredi AFC's Roman Vachon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lajos Szatmári in the 17th minute of play. In the 18thth minute of the game Fausto Rafe who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ's Vicky Donda was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tord Söderqvist received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Roman Vachon came out and tried to block the shot, but Tord Söderqvist slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 20th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Karel Zádrapa in the 31st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ's Sebastiaan Gentiletti. Vicky Donda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Rafe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute, Tord Söderqvist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. 40 minutes into the game, Tord Söderqvist cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Roman Vachon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Vicky Donda made a fantastic save in the 50th minute, when Son Banana sent off a good shot on target. 55 minutes into the match, ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ's goalkeeper Vicky Donda had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fausto Rafe. Vicky Donda made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fausto Rafe in the 55th minute. ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ's Domenico Masetti was substituted for Tord Söderqvist. 63 minutes into the game, Karel Zádrapa threw the ball into play from the sideline. ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ's Luo Qing Xi quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 64th minute Domenico Masetti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Vachon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 67 played minutes ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ got a freekick which was hit by Luo Qing Xi. After a defensive mix-up in ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ's zone, Kieran Listkowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vicky Donda came out of the goal and Kieran Listkowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 71st minute Rıfkı Erdönmez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Vachon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Domenico Masetti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Roman Vachon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roman Vachon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rıfkı Erdönmez in the 81st minute of the match. ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hernan Chico in the 82nd minute. The corner ended in Hernan Chico almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Manfredi AFC's Roman Vachon did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bennvar Post in the 84th minute of play forced ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ's goalkeeper Vicky Donda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domenico Masetti in the 85th minute of play forced Manfredi AFC's goalkeeper Roman Vachon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rıfkı Erdönmez struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Roman Vachon didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ. Roman Vachon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hernan Chico in the 89th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Manfredi AFC's Bennvar Post slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Vicky Donda. That made the score 3-1 after 92 minutes of play. In the 94th minute, Luo Qing Xi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. ᴡɪʟᴅᴇxʜᴀᴍ ꜰᴄ had won after a very even match.