World League

ESPRESSO
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Brian Jones started the match with the kick off. Henrik Nyman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaudencio Lekubegi in the 4th minute of play. After some careless play in the Artetas artilleri defense, Gaudencio Lekubegi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Henrik Nyman. The Artetas artilleri fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Henrik Nyman should have stopped the shot. In the 7th play minute Neron Veterini came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Henrik Nyman. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brian Jones in the 9th minute of play forced LavAzzA's goalkeeper Iwan Lepucki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 11 minutes of play, LavAzzA's Gaudencio Lekubegi made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Henrik Nyman was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ingar Holden kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Samir Kastrati hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Iwan Lepucki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brian Jones in the 20th minute of play. In the 20th minute Brian Jones shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iwan Lepucki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. LavAzzA were furious when Amerigo Labarra was red carded, 23 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. A collision led to LavAzzA getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Amerigo Labarra hit a great ball. In the 25th minute of the match Valter Siöman sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Iwan Lepucki skillfully saved the ball. Iwan Lepucki didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Brian Jones went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. 34 minutes into the match, Joakim Brandin notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of LavAzzA's Iwan Lepucki. Iwan Lepucki was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joakim Brandin in the 36th minute of play forced LavAzzA's goalkeeper Iwan Lepucki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iwan Lepucki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Ronconi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iwan Lepucki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joakim Brandin, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-2 at half-time.

Artetas artilleri's Henrik Nyman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kuno Kubin in the 55th minute of play. In the 56th minute of the match LavAzzA got a corner. Artetas artilleri's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ingar Holden ran over to the corner to take the kick. LavAzzA's Ingar Holden was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Henrik Nyman in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 60th minute Ingar Holden shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrik Nyman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 64th minute, Xu Rong Chao hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. LavAzzA's Gauthier Spiller was substituted for Kuno Kubin. LavAzzA's Iwan Lepucki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Ronconi in the 75th minute of play. Artetas artilleri's Henrik Nyman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaudencio Lekubegi in the 79th minute of play. Henrik Nyman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaudencio Lekubegi in the 81st minute of play. Henrik Nyman came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by LavAzzA's Gaudencio Lekubegi. But to his dismay, Gaudencio Lekubegi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Iwan Lepucki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valter Siöman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 93 minutes into the game, LavAzzA's Gaudencio Lekubegi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Henrik Nyman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-2. Artetas artilleri's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.