World League

Cielo di Tocopilla
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alex Dijoux made the kick off which started today's match. Leszek Huchro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lance Kuch in the 3rd minute of play. The supporters of Zorros del Desierto booed when BESTIA GDAŃSK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Victorio Bertin didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Zorros del Desierto getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Jon-Ander Wallffiguer hit a great ball. Clark Kent took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albert Remus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 24 minutes into the game, BESTIA GDAŃSK's Albert Remus nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Clark Kent made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lance Kuch in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leszek Huchro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 30 minutes into the match, BESTIA GDAŃSK's goal looked a bit too open when Jon-Ander Wallffiguer came free, but Leszek Huchro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st match minute, Zorros del Desierto was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexis Taganikas to maneuver through the defense. Leonard Andrzejewski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Clark Kent having to interfere. BESTIA GDAŃSK's Leszek Huchro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save BESTIA GDAŃSK from getting a goal against them. In the 45th minute, BESTIA GDAŃSK's Abdulbaki Tanay seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Abdulbaki Tanay the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of BESTIA GDAŃSK protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Abdulbaki Tanay had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After the first half BESTIA GDAŃSK were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Albert Remus to make the kick off. In the 51stth minute Albert Remus got a great chance to score trying to place the ball in the top left corner, but Clark Kent was prepared and efficiently stopped the ball from getting in. Zorros del Desierto's Sebastián Roco was substituted for Darío Verón. Leszek Huchro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Dijoux, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 67th match minute, Zorros del Desierto was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jon-Ander Wallffiguer to maneuver through the defense. Clark Kent showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albert Remus in the 71st minute of the match. After some careless play in the BESTIA GDAŃSK defense, Lance Kuch kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leszek Huchro. The BESTIA GDAŃSK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leszek Huchro should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, BESTIA GDAŃSK's Cezary Kalak got a free kick in the 78th minute. Jon-Ander Wallffiguer scored 2-1 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leszek Huchro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Leszek Huchro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jon-Ander Wallffiguer, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alex Dijoux in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leszek Huchro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 86 minutes of play, Zorros del Desierto's Alex Dijoux made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leszek Huchro was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 91 minutes, Filip Soetemans managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BESTIA GDAŃSK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Filip Soetemans was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zorros del Desierto's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.