League

Moneyball Arena
Spectators: 9228 (Terracing: 6922, Seating: 2123, VIP seats: 183) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Juan Oto started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Zonet getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Remigio Ubelteso hit a great ball. Moneyball Academy's Ulises Dimas got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 10th match minute, Zonet was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timoteo Ricart to maneuver through the defense. If Ni Qi Yuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Babbis Stenos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ni Qi Yuan in the 15th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Moneyball Academy's Ni Qi Yuan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Babbis Stenos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Timoteo Ricart hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 21st minute of the match Moneyball Academy got a corner. Zonet's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ulises Dimas ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Moneyball Academy's Toni Delgado getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Babbis Stenos came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Moneyball Academy's Ni Qi Yuan. But to his dismay, Ni Qi Yuan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Ni Qi Yuan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Babbis Stenos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Juan Oto in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Turgay Şeren saved Moneyball Academy from getting behind. After taking down the ball on Moneyball Academy's corner Ulises Dimas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Babbis Stenos quite easily take care of the ball. In the 38thth minute of the game Ni Qi Yuan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zonet's Babbis Stenos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Ni Qi Yuan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Moneyball Academy's supporters rose to their feet, but Ni Qi Yuan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Babbis Stenos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 44th minute, Narciso Galoer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Babbis Stenos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ni Qi Yuan went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

In the 56th match minute, Zonet was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timoteo Ricart to maneuver through the defense. Babbis Stenos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ni Qi Yuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Moneyball Academy's Haroldo Maju was substituted for Toni Delgado. Moneyball Academy made a substitution. Barnaba Ciborek replaced Ni Qi Yuan. The throw-in from Timoteo Ricart in the 63rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Moneyball Academy's Ulises Dimas. Moneyball Academy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ulises Dimas in the 69th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Zonet's zone, Barnaba Ciborek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Babbis Stenos came out of the goal and Barnaba Ciborek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Babbis Stenos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Barnaba Ciborek went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Zonet's Babbis Stenos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Barnaba Ciborek in the 78th minute of play. After 80 minutes, Luciano Bazil mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zonet and the Moneyball Academy players grew even worse after the yellow card. Luciano Bazil kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Ulises Dimas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Moneyball Academy's supporters rose to their feet, but Ulises Dimas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Babbis Stenos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Juan Oto took a quick shot and it went in 4-1 without a chance for Turgay Şeren to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barnaba Ciborek in the 90th minute of play forced Zonet's goalkeeper Babbis Stenos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 94 minutes of play, Moneyball Academy's Barnaba Ciborek made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Babbis Stenos was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Moneyball Academy had won after a very even match.