World League

Elvia Vasquez
Spectators: 7983 (Terracing: 5988, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nicu Alexandrescu got the match started through his kick off. Nicu Alexandrescu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gary Ingram came out and tried to block the shot, but Nicu Alexandrescu slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 3rd minute. After 8 minutes of play, Korona Kielce's Roberto Firmino made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paul Ramon was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Korona Kielce getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Gerry Furniss hit a great ball. If Marino Pacheco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. RamPa Football Club's Paul Ramon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivar Lilleeng in the 14th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Nicu Alexandrescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gary Ingram was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Gary Ingram showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicu Alexandrescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute Chesney Summers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Ramon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ivar Lilleeng's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Paul Ramon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. Paul Ramon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chesney Summers in the 32nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Korona Kielce defense, Nicu Alexandrescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gary Ingram. The Korona Kielce fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gary Ingram should have stopped the shot. Paul Ramon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chesney Summers in the 39th minute of the match. Paul Ramon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chesney Summers, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. The throw-in from Vincent Västerberg in the 41st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by RamPa Football Club's Berker Karabey. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chesney Summers in the 42nd minute of play forced RamPa Football Club's goalkeeper Paul Ramon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paul Ramon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Firmino in the 44th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

With a little luck, RamPa Football Club's Paul Ramon got control of the ball when Ivar Lilleeng tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roberto Firmino in the 55th minute of play forced RamPa Football Club's goalkeeper Paul Ramon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicu Alexandrescu scored 3-1 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gary Ingram, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 60 minutes into the match, RamPa Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Chesney Summers came free, but Paul Ramon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. RamPa Football Club's Ramon Beckham was substituted for Marino Pacheco. RamPa Football Club's Arda Nurettin was substituted for Nicu Alexandrescu. Korona Kielce's Chaz Parkinson was substituted for Gerry Furniss. The corner ended in Dave Legzdins almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but RamPa Football Club's Paul Ramon did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arda Nurettin in the 67th minute of play forced Korona Kielce's goalkeeper Gary Ingram to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Korona Kielce's Darren Boyle was substituted for Roberto Firmino. After some careless play in the Korona Kielce defense, Berker Karabey kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gary Ingram. The Korona Kielce fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gary Ingram should have stopped the shot. In the 88th minute of the match RamPa Football Club got a corner. Korona Kielce's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cyrille Desplanches ran over to the corner to take the kick. Gary Ingram took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arda Nurettin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Stephen Duxbury had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. RamPa Football Club had won after a very even match.