World League

The Scrapple Factory
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Slower Lower FC's Duke Negron started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Thanks to some nice moves Dudley Rowe could shoot a difficult shot in the 8th minute, which Betinho Arantes however easily saved by the left post. Tracey Rooney hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Maxim Gogea took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Metz. Marco Metz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. If Maxim Gogea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 22 minutes into the match, Andy Gulliksson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Metz. Slower Lower FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andy Gulliksson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After having played for 26 minutes, Maxim Gogea managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BK Nerysminne's supporters crossed their fingers, but Maxim Gogea was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. BK Nerysminne's Maxim Gogea got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 28th minute, Maxim Gogea left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The BK Nerysminne fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. If Maxim Gogea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maxim Gogea in the 32nd minute of play forced Slower Lower FC's goalkeeper Marco Metz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd match minute, Slower Lower FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Seth Yeats to maneuver through the defense. In the 34th minute, Maxim Gogea left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The BK Nerysminne fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. In the 40th minute, Andy Gulliksson made a precise shot to the right of Marco Metz. Slower Lower FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Andy Gulliksson scored 0-7 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Metz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marco Metz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maxim Gogea, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Maxim Gogea to make the kick off. Maxim Gogea took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Metz. Marco Metz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8. Andy Gulliksson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marco Metz stood somewhat misplaced when Maxim Gogea came free in front of goal and shot 0-9 to the left of him in the 60 minute. When the match clock showed 63 minutes, the score became 0-10 when Maxim Gogea sped through Slower Lower FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marco Metz. 71 minutes into the match, Maxim Gogea notched a goal, 0-12, to the right of Slower Lower FC's Marco Metz. Marco Metz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 77 minutes, Andy Gulliksson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BK Nerysminne's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andy Gulliksson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Andy Gulliksson had several of the Slower Lower FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 82 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-15 score and a disappointed Marco Metz as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 86th minute Andy Gulliksson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Metz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 89 played minutes Slower Lower FC got a freekick which was hit by Tracy Pennington. Slower Lower FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 92nd minute, when Andy Gulliksson scored to the left of an out of position Marco Metz, making the score, 0-16. Marco Metz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Maxim Gogea in the 97th minute.