World League

Stadio delle Alpi
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jerome Bollaert took the kick off in the first half of the match. Virgilio Manriquez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eskil Stenkvist in the 9th minute of the match. Virgilio Manriquez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eskil Stenkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Geert Wijgaert was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 16th minute. Facabora's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After 20 minutes of play, Nusnäs IF's Ivar Sontman made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Virgilio Manriquez was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 22nd minute Eskil Stenkvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgilio Manriquez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Virgilio Manriquez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivar Sontman, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. A collision led to Facabora getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Mugurel Alexandrescu hit a great ball. George Håkansson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 40 minutes into the match, Geert Wijgaert sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Adrian Bergström threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Geert Wijgaert this time. Cederic Waegemans kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. 47 minutes into the match, Ivar Sontman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Virgilio Manriquez. Facabora's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ivar Sontman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ivar Sontman was the one to do the kick off. Facabora's Virgilio Manriquez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Facabora from getting a goal against them. In the 57th match minute, Facabora was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Geert Wijgaert to maneuver through the defense. Gwidon Kaczanka hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. In the 65th minute, Viktor Vercouteren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 67 minutes into the match, Facabora's goalkeeper Virgilio Manriquez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by George Håkansson. Nusnäs IF made a substitution. Witalis Dankowski replaced Nicolas De Custer. 73 minutes into the match, Nusnäs IF's goal looked a bit too open when Julius Delcroix came free, but Adrian Bergström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Nusnäs IF booed when Facabora was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gwidon Kaczanka didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 79 minutes into the game, when Viktor Vercouteren put in a rough tackle. The audience held their breath when Conrado Domingues in the 81st minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Virgilio Manriquez's left hand side. 83 minutes into the match, Facabora's goalkeeper Virgilio Manriquez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ivar Sontman. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Geert Wijgaert managed to get in a good position for a shot. Facabora's supporters rose to their feet, but Geert Wijgaert was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adrian Bergström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 97th minute, Svenne Berka reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Virgilio Manriquez. The goal made the score 0-5.