World League

El Monumental de Hdo
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sergiu Golescu started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Scorpions -MM- booed when La Banda del Tinto was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Romeo Berriotxoa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Scorpions -MM-'s Walter Zenga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Scorpions -MM- from getting a goal against them. 8 minutes into the match, La Banda del Tinto's Naldo Paiva sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Walter Zenga narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 11th match minute, Scorpions -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Vrânceanu to maneuver through the defense. If Sigvard Vase had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Naldo Paiva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sigvard Vase received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Walter Zenga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 22 minutes in the game Luca Păun did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Dorinel Munteanu. Peyo Kaadekilde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergiu Golescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Peyo Kaadekilde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergiu Golescu in the 26th minute of the match. If Alex Vrânceanu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Walter Zenga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naldo Paiva in the 30th minute of play. Peyo Kaadekilde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dan Tinu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. La Banda del Tinto's Sigvard Vase pulled a muscle in his back after 32 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Tony Dobos's late challenge caught a La Banda del Tinto's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tony Dobos helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of La Banda del Tinto booed when Scorpions -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tony Dobos didn't get a good kick on the ball. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Scorpions -MM-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abel Madaleno was slow to take the kick. During this time La Banda del Tinto's players had a chance to rest. 37 minutes into the match, Octav Vătăşel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Peyo Kaadekilde. La Banda del Tinto's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Octav Vătăşel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 41st match minute, Scorpions -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Păun to maneuver through the defense. La Banda del Tinto's Peyo Kaadekilde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Octav Vătăşel in the 44th minute of play. Peyo Kaadekilde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergiu Golescu in the 46th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Naldo Paiva to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Naldo Paiva in the 52nd minute of play forced Scorpions -MM-'s goalkeeper Walter Zenga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. La Banda del Tinto's Peyo Kaadekilde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dan Tinu in the 54th minute of play. Scorpions -MM-'s Walter Zenga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naldo Paiva in the 56th minute of play. Naldo Paiva took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Walter Zenga. Walter Zenga dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Scorpions -MM-'s Traian Uzuneanu was substituted for Dorinel Munteanu. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by La Banda del Tinto's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sergiu Golescu was slow to take the kick. During this time Scorpions -MM-'s players had a chance to rest. Peyo Kaadekilde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octav Vătăşel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the La Banda del Tinto defense, Sergiu Golescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Peyo Kaadekilde. The La Banda del Tinto fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Peyo Kaadekilde should have stopped the shot. The Scorpions -MM- fans' excitement grew in the 82nd match minute when Scorpions -MM-'s Octav Vătăşel 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 1-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 93 minutes into the match, Octav Vătăşel notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of La Banda del Tinto's Peyo Kaadekilde. Peyo Kaadekilde was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The Scorpions -MM- 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.