World League

Meadow Lane
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) A State Of Trance's Miromir Juzda started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Dragonvale FC's Zé Augusto de Salles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miromir Juzda in the 6th minute of play. In the 7th minute of the match A State Of Trance got a corner. Dragonvale FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Reynaldo Elivareo ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to A State Of Trance's Ali Cengiz Hakim getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dragonvale FC's goalkeeper Zé Augusto de Salles, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Zé Augusto de Salles was a little too slow when Miromir Juzda got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 15th minute. The score was now 1-0. Zé Augusto de Salles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miromir Juzda in the 23rd minute of the match. Zé Augusto de Salles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miromir Juzda, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Zé Augusto de Salles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miromir Juzda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Miromir Juzda's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zé Augusto de Salles read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miromir Juzda in the 40th minute of play forced Dragonvale FC's goalkeeper Zé Augusto de Salles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Dragonvale FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Salomão Borges hit a great ball. In the 44th minute Ricardo Messias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tytus Belmondo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miromir Juzda took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zé Augusto de Salles. Zé Augusto de Salles dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Ricardo Messias made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, Mateusz Gierlach threw the ball into play from the sideline. Dragonvale FC's Salomão Borges quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Miromir Juzda in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zé Augusto de Salles saved Dragonvale FC from getting behind. Miromir Juzda recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zé Augusto de Salles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miromir Juzda in the 69th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ksawery Siembab in the 71st minute of play forced Dragonvale FC's goalkeeper Zé Augusto de Salles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute, Miromir Juzda ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zé Augusto de Salles was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dragonvale FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Reynaldo Elivareo was slow to take the kick. During this time A State Of Trance's players had a chance to rest. A sloppy throw-in by Ali Cengiz Hakim in the 90th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Dragonvale FC's Salomão Borges. In the 91st minute, Ksawery Siembab got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The throw-in from Salomão Borges in the 95th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by A State Of Trance's Mateusz Gierlach. 95 minutes into the game, Mateusz Gierlach was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. A State Of Trance's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dragonvale FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, A State Of Trance's Mateusz Gierlach got a free kick in the 95th minute. Dragonvale FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.