World League

Soldiers Field
Spectators: 8475 (Terracing: 6357, Seating: 1949, VIP seats: 169) Baal Ares started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karadeniz Otay in the 5th minute of play forced Deportivo Popolizio FBC's goalkeeper Hermann Hesse to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rius Mascaran's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luca Jivulescu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 6th minute of play. Deportivo Popolizio FBC were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after Ares FC -MM-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cris Ronaldo took the corner. After taking down the ball on Deportivo Popolizio FBC's corner Cris Ronaldo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Luca Jivulescu quite easily take care of the ball. Hermann Hesse made an important save on a dangerous shot by Baal Ares in the 12th minute. 18 minutes into the game, Geir Søfteland threw the ball into play from the sideline. Ares FC -MM-'s Mao Bin Ao quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Zé Augusto Maciel's late challenge caught a Deportivo Popolizio FBC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zé Augusto Maciel helped the player get up and apologised. If Rius Mascaran had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Luca Jivulescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rius Mascaran in the 23rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Ares FC -MM- defense, Rius Mascaran kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luca Jivulescu. The Ares FC -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luca Jivulescu should have stopped the shot. Luca Jivulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rius Mascaran in the 30th minute of play. Luca Jivulescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rius Mascaran went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Baal Ares struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Hermann Hesse didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ares FC -MM-. The Ares FC -MM- players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Deportivo Popolizio FBC were winning 0-2.

In the 54th match minute, Deportivo Popolizio FBC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Araoz Solanos to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baal Ares in the 55th minute of play forced Deportivo Popolizio FBC's goalkeeper Hermann Hesse to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ares FC -MM-'s Alin Brumaru was substituted for Mugur Chiriac. Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Tibor Nyilasi was substituted for Rius Mascaran. Hermann Hesse made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baal Ares in the 73rd minute of play. Olly Morgan struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Luca Jivulescu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Deportivo Popolizio FBC. In the 77th minute Baal Ares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hermann Hesse saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gaizkine Ibern struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. Luca Jivulescu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Deportivo Popolizio FBC. In the 89th minute, Baal Ares made a precise shot to the right of Hermann Hesse. Deportivo Popolizio FBC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. The Deportivo Popolizio FBC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.