World League

Floriana Krygiera
Spectators: 8065 (Terracing: 6050, Seating: 1855, VIP seats: 160) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eustacio Antonucci kicked off to start the match. Zachariasz Dudkowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Norbert Major in the 6th minute. Sebastião Xoxe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eustacio Antonucci, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Norbert Major sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zachariasz Dudkowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Norbert Major in the 11th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Norbert Major got free with Zachariasz Dudkowski in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sebastião Xoxe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wiliam Peren, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pogoń Szczecin's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Artaç Yavuzalp was slow to take the kick. During this time CRUZ DEL SUR's players had a chance to rest. The corner led CRUZ DEL SUR's Artaç Yavuzalp to fire away a dangerous shot which Sebastião Xoxe despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Sebastião Xoxe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wiliam Peren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ronnie Odell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sebastião Xoxe having to interfere. Norbert Major in the 34thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Zachariasz Dudkowski, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Constantino Roldanillo made in the 39th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Wiliam Peren immediately put the ball in play. Sebastião Xoxe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eustacio Antonucci in the 45th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wiliam Peren in the 46th minute of play forced Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Sebastião Xoxe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sebastião Xoxe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wiliam Peren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The score stood at 0-0 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 Norbert Major made a kick off. Norbert Major scored 1-0 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zachariasz Dudkowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Eustacio Antonucci fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sebastião Xoxe having to interfere. CRUZ DEL SUR's Abundio Manzano was substituted for Eustacio Antonucci. CRUZ DEL SUR made a substitution. Pan Lin Zhen replaced Wiliam Peren. If Pan Lin Zhen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 80 minutes into the match, Norbert Major had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zachariasz Dudkowski. CRUZ DEL SUR's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Norbert Major was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. CRUZ DEL SUR's Fabio Zorondo was substituted for Ronnie Odell. Pogoń Szczecin's Sebastião Xoxe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Pogoń Szczecin from getting a goal against them. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Sebastião Xoxe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 95th minute Norbert Major shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zachariasz Dudkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Many of CRUZ DEL SUR's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. CRUZ DEL SUR may have spent more time on the ball, but Pogoń Szczecin were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.