World League

Danylo Halytsky
Spectators: 7459 (Terracing: 5595, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vladyslav Didyk took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in FC Rukh Lviv's zone, Emmanuel Stroh stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Andriy Trubin came out of the goal and Emmanuel Stroh tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Danylo Bandera got free with Kaj Helström in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Vladyslav Didyk managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Rukh Lviv's supporters rose to their feet, but Vladyslav Didyk was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kaj Helström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Niles Crane sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Andriy Trubin came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Stowe City's Nils-Emil Tunström. But to his dismay, Nils-Emil Tunström quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 26th minute Emmanuel Stroh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andriy Trubin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Andriy Trubin came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Stowe City's Niles Crane. But to his dismay, Niles Crane quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. FC Rukh Lviv's Andriy Trubin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmanuel Stroh in the 39th minute of play. Stowe City's Kaj Helström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Stowe City from getting a goal against them. Vyacheslav Androsenko was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 47 minutes into the match. In the 47th minute, one of FC Rukh Lviv:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC Rukh Lviv. Andriy Trubin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Weston Armenta went, in the 49th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Niles Crane stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmanuel Stroh in the 67th minute of play forced FC Rukh Lviv's goalkeeper Andriy Trubin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 69 minutes, Andriy Trubin successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 80th minute, Emmanuel Stroh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stowe City's Matt Briggs was substituted for Weston Armenta. After a rather tough play, Stowe City's Emmanuel Stroh got a free kick in the 81st minute. With a little luck, FC Rukh Lviv's Andriy Trubin got control of the ball when Nils-Emil Tunström tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 88th minute, Emmanuel Stroh left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stowe City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. With an all-out effort, Stowe City's Andriy Trubin threw himself towards the right post 91 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Emmanuel Stroh, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a defensive mix-up in FC Rukh Lviv's zone, Matt Briggs stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Andriy Trubin came out of the goal and Matt Briggs tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Andriy Trubin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nils-Emil Tunström in the 95th minute. Stowe City's Niles Crane got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stowe City made a substitution. Ward Neal replaced Şanver İpek. When Ilya Matvienko fell near the penalty area in the 97th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Rukh Lviv's protests and gave Ilya Matvienko a yellow card for diving instead. After 97 played minutes FC Rukh Lviv got a freekick which was hit by Ilya Matvienko. Emmanuel Stroh struck a weak shot in the 98th minute. Andriy Trubin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Stowe City.