World League

Xtra Advantage
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emanuel Holm started the match with the kick off. Marc Lagerberg charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marc Lagerberg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Marc Lagerberg kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. 4 minutes into the game, Epifanio Orlan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Frans Snell was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Benigno Lopes was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 8th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 11 minutes into the match, Epifanio Orlan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Frans Snell. Team Xtra personell's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Epifanio Orlan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 13th minute, Epifanio Orlan 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hannes Ahlquist in the 17th minute of play forced Club Atletico Juanita's goalkeeper Petrică Ştefoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the game, Douglas Lindqvist threw the ball into play from the sideline. Club Atletico Juanita's Desiderio Berdoi quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Douglas Lindqvist made in the 21st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Club Atletico Juanita's Silverio Gorka. When the match clock showed 23 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Epifanio Orlan sped through Team Xtra personell's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Frans Snell. Team Xtra personell's Frans Snell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Epifanio Orlan in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th minute of the match Club Atletico Juanita got a corner. Team Xtra personell's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Benigno Lopes ran over to the corner to take the kick. A very nice done corner allowed Silverio Gorka to score against Frans Snell in Team Xtra personell's goal. 0-4 after 29 minutes. In the 33rd minute Epifanio Orlan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frans Snell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Club Atletico Juanita's Silverio Gorka managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Douglas Lindqvist in the 36 minute of the game. Frans Snell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Epifanio Orlan in the 36th minute of play. After 40 minutes, Douglas Lindqvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Team Xtra personell and the Club Atletico Juanita players grew even worse after the yellow card. Douglas Lindqvist hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. 41 minutes into the match, Epifanio Orlan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Frans Snell. Team Xtra personell's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Epifanio Orlan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. In the 45th match minute, Club Atletico Juanita was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eriberto Theodore to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Epifanio Orlan to make the kick off. Frans Snell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Epifanio Orlan in the 57th minute of the match. 58 minutes in the game Douglas Lindqvist did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Hannes Ahlquist. A collision led to Club Atletico Juanita getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Kostas Masaboukas hit a great ball. 63 minutes into the match, Hannes Ahlquist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Petrică Ştefoi. Club Atletico Juanita's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hannes Ahlquist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. After 65 minutes of play, Club Atletico Juanita's Epifanio Orlan made it 1-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Frans Snell was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 69 played minutes Team Xtra personell got a freekick which was hit by Douglas Lindqvist. In the 70th minute, Epifanio Orlan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club Atletico Juanita fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-7. After 75 played minutes Club Atletico Juanita got a freekick which was hit by Eriberto Theodore. Douglas Lindqvist made in the 79th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Verner Näver. 80 minutes in the game Douglas Lindqvist did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Verner Näver. After 81 played minutes Team Xtra personell got a freekick which was hit by Douglas Lindqvist. After 83 minutes of play, Club Atletico Juanita's Epifanio Orlan made it 1-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Frans Snell was left in no man's land by his defense there! Frans Snell took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reynaldo Merexildo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Club Atletico Juanita had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.