World League

Floriana Krygiera
Spectators: 7979 (Terracing: 5985, Seating: 1835, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Norbert Major made the kick off which started today's match. If Stefanos Stefanopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Norbert Major blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Xander Goos having to make a save. 15 minutes into the match, Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s goalkeeper Xander Goos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Norbert Major. Pogoń Szczecin's Sebastião Xoxe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuel Leite in the 19th minute of play. Sebastião Xoxe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Leite in the 31st minute of the match. After 32 minutes Pogoń Szczecin's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Napoleon Furgal who took care of the corner kick. Xander Goos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norbert Major, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Pogoń Szczecin were awarded a corner in the 36th minute after Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Stefanos Stefanopoulos took the corner. After taking down the ball on Pogoń Szczecin's corner Norbert Major fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Xander Goos quite easily take care of the ball. In the 38th minute, Emanuel Leite left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tarrasque Voador F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Norbert Major could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Xander Goos made a huge save. Norbert Majors short, quick shot in the 45thth minute got Xander Goos to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 46th match minute, Pogoń Szczecin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norbert Major to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Emanuel Leite made a kick off. Sebastião Xoxe was a little too slow when Emanuel Leite got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 52nd minute. The score was now 0-2. Xander Goos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norbert Major in the 54th minute of play. Xander Goos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Norbert Major went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Napoleon Furgal kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Pogoń Szczecin's Conrado Donzel was substituted for Ryszard Czerwiec. A collision led to Tarrasque Voador F.C. getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Napoleon Furgal hit a great ball. Sebastião Xoxe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cafu Cruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Pogoń Szczecin booed when Tarrasque Voador F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emmanouil Tsirigakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute, Norbert Major 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. Sebastião Xoxe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cafu Cruz in the 72nd minute of the match. Sebastião Xoxe made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emmanouil Tsirigakis in the 76th minute. Xander Goos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norbert Major in the 80th minute of play. Emanuel Leite scored 1-3 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sebastião Xoxe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Norbert Major might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Xander Goos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Norbert Major ran back to his position shaking his head. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.