World League

The Old Shire
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fidel Blunt got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Astral's zone, Edmundson Ross stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabian Hludzenski came out of the goal and Edmundson Ross tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 5th minute, ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s Edmundson Ross ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fabian Hludzenski. Fabian Hludzenski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Edmundson Ross was extremely unlucky when he, in the 10th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Fabian Hludzenski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edmundson Ross in the 20th minute. After 25 minutes of play, ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s Edmundson Ross made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabian Hludzenski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marjus Laçka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartlomiej Chazen, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Marjus Laçka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartlomiej Chazen in the 27th minute of the match. ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after Astral's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. David Beckham took the corner. Astral's Fabian Hludzenski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundson Ross in the 32nd minute of play. In the 34th minute, Edmundson Ross left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 39 minutes into the match, Edmundson Ross dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Fabian Hludzenski, 4-0. With 45 minutes on the clock, Alvaro Vitullo commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Marjus Laçka had in the 48thth minute some difficulties stopping Giuliano Galoppo's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cor Netto in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fabian Hludzenski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 64 minutes into the game, Beppe Colombi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-2. Marjus Laçka was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ were awarded a corner in the 68th minute after Astral's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. David Beckham took the corner. A nice corner shot did that David Beckham got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fabian Hludzenski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Marjus Laçka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roch Kochniarczyk in the 69th minute of play. With a little luck, ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s Marjus Laçka got control of the ball when Fidel Blunt tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundson Ross in the 76th minute of play forced Astral's goalkeeper Fabian Hludzenski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fidel Blunt got free with Marjus Laçka in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Astral's zone, Domenico Rosi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabian Hludzenski came out of the goal and Domenico Rosi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Aurelio Iacovacci's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabian Hludzenski was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio Iacovacci in the 88th minute of play forced Astral's goalkeeper Fabian Hludzenski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Beckham struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Fabian Hludzenski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇. When ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s Aurelio Iacovacci in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Astral's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio Iacovacci in the 95th minute of play forced Astral's goalkeeper Fabian Hludzenski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabian Hludzenski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurelio Iacovacci, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabian Hludzenski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelio Iacovacci in the 95th minute of the match. In the 97th minute, Aurelio Iacovacci ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabian Hludzenski was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-2. ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Astral for a fine match.