World League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Christos Triantafyllou started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, Usko Ruuttu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ksawery Raflewski, 1-0. After having played for 6 minutes, Jaakko Ramstadius managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Granate's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jaakko Ramstadius was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 9 minutes into the game, Granate's Christos Triantafyllou nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ksawery Raflewski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Ekipa Gabi's Ksawery Raflewski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Ekipa Gabi from getting a goal against them. If Donato Lekubegi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Barnaba Lamczyk might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Donato Lorenz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Barnaba Lamczyk ran back to his position shaking his head. Donato Lorenz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zachary Pankowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th minute, Boguslaw Trynda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Donato Lorenz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Barnaba Lamczyk, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. The supporters of Ekipa Gabi booed when Granate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaakko Ramstadius didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Christos Triantafyllou kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ksawery Raflewski. That made the score 4-0 in the 46 minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Barnaba Lamczyk to make the kick off. Ekipa Gabi's Ksawery Raflewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christos Triantafyllou in the 60th minute of play. The Granate fans' excitement grew in the 61st match minute when Granate's Christos Triantafyllou looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After some careless play in the Ekipa Gabi defense, Luisito Estevon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ksawery Raflewski. The Ekipa Gabi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ksawery Raflewski should have stopped the shot. In the 67th minute, Luisito Estevon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Granate fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Jaakko Ramstadius took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ksawery Raflewski. Ksawery Raflewski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. 73 minutes into the match, Christos Triantafyllou notched a goal, 9-0, to the right of Ekipa Gabi's Ksawery Raflewski. Ksawery Raflewski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 92nd match minute, Granate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Donato Lekubegi to maneuver through the defense. Ksawery Raflewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christos Triantafyllou in the 95th minute of the match. Christos Triantafyllou scored 11-0 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ksawery Raflewski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Granate's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.