World League

República de Italia
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Evelio Pes made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tonton Eren in the 7th minute of play forced Club Sportivo Italiano's goalkeeper Reynaldo Stephen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Tonton Eren came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Ajax fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tonton Eren couldn't finish the play. Evelio Pes scored 1-0 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gigi Buffon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Reynaldo Stephen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tonton Eren, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Reynaldo Stephen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tonton Eren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21stth minute of the game Klement Bryk who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Club Sportivo Italiano's Reynaldo Stephen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Wojtek Sokol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Reynaldo Stephen was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wojtek Sokol in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Reynaldo Stephen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a little luck, Ajax's Gigi Buffon got control of the ball when Theo Hayles tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Club Sportivo Italiano's zone, Danilo Maurino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Reynaldo Stephen came out of the goal and Danilo Maurino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 31st minute, Tonton Eren 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. Reynaldo Stephen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tonton Eren in the 37th minute of the match. Reynaldo Stephen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Klement Bryk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Theo Hayles succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 42nd playminute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klement Bryk in the 45th minute of play forced Club Sportivo Italiano's goalkeeper Reynaldo Stephen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 47 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Klement Bryk sped through Club Sportivo Italiano's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Reynaldo Stephen. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Rogelio Claris's late challenge caught a Ajax's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rogelio Claris helped the player get up and apologised. Gigi Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evelio Pes in the 69th minute of play. When Wilhelm Steinitz fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Club Sportivo Italiano's protests and gave Wilhelm Steinitz a yellow card for diving instead. In the 73rd match minute, Club Sportivo Italiano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilhelm Steinitz to maneuver through the defense. When Chad Smith came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Ajax fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Chad Smith couldn't finish the play. After 77 played minutes Club Sportivo Italiano got a freekick which was hit by Theo Hayles. Gigi Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theo Hayles in the 79th minute of the match. Gigi Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evelio Pes in the 81st minute of play. Arturo Palladino was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 92 minutes into the match. After 93 played minutes Ajax got a freekick which was hit by Arturo Palladino. After a defensive mix-up in Ajax's zone, Luisito Bikendi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gigi Buffon came out of the goal and Luisito Bikendi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.