World League

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 7830 (Terracing: 5874, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) Aleksander Liberko started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Witomir Jestrimski was extremely unlucky when he, in the 6th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hoberg United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Emil Kapera was slow to take the kick. During this time Buldogi's players had a chance to rest. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gordon Harkin got free with Saturnino Domingues in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gordon Harkin might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Saturnino Domingues. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gordon Harkin ran back to his position shaking his head. Gordon Harkin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Through an outstanding action, after 22 minutes, Saturnino Domingues successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The crowd rose to their feet as Hoberg United's Gordon Harkin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Saturnino Domingues. That made the score 1-0 after 32 minutes of play. Gordon Harkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Saturnino Domingues tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 36 minutes into the match, Buldogi's goal looked a bit too open when Gordon Harkin came free, but Saturnino Domingues reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gordon Harkin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Saturnino Domingues showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gordon Harkin in the 45th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gordon Harkin to make the kick off. Claudio-Paul Pirinchev might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Saturnino Domingues. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Claudio-Paul Pirinchev ran back to his position shaking his head. Saturnino Domingues stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gordon Harkin's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Gordon Harkin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saturnino Domingues having to interfere. Stasio Zawadzki hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Claudio-Paul Pirinchev hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. After 83 played minutes, Buldogi's Mikolaj Maciejewski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dida Martins came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Buldogi reached it. A sloppy throw-in by Fabian Zaremba in the 85th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Hoberg United's Claudio-Paul Pirinchev. Buldogi's Saturnino Domingues played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gordon Harkin in the 86th minute of play. 87 minutes had been played when some careless play by Buldogi's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Danny Grønnow was slow to take the kick. During this time Hoberg United's players had a chance to rest. At last the ball reached Maximiliano Rutenio at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Buldogi. 2-0. Gordon Harkin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saturnino Domingues having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aleksander Liberko got free with Dida Martins in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.