World League

Silvano Tomé
Spectators: 7737 (Terracing: 5804, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Willian Pay started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the FURIOZA defense, Willian Pay kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Olgierd Petrasz. The FURIOZA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Olgierd Petrasz should have stopped the shot. Olgierd Petrasz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Willian Pay's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Habsburgo's Willian Pay sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Olgierd Petrasz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Benjamin Orti's late challenge caught a FURIOZA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benjamin Orti helped the player get up and apologised. Honorato Aznaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wieslaw Kilar, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. A collision led to FURIOZA getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Moreno Torricelli hit a great ball. FURIOZA's Olgierd Petrasz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Willian Pay in the 25th minute of play. Willian Pay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Olgierd Petrasz made a huge save. Honorato Aznaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wieslaw Kilar in the 30th minute of the match. Willian Pay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Olgierd Petrasz made a huge save. Honorato Aznaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wieslaw Kilar in the 36th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Habsburgo's Willian Pay slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Olgierd Petrasz. That made the score 3-0 after 37 minutes of play. FURIOZA's attentive Moreno Torricelli managed to snatch the ball when Santo Playo made a throw-in in the 46th minute of the game. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wieslaw Kilar made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willian Pay in the 61st minute of play forced FURIOZA's goalkeeper Olgierd Petrasz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Habsburgo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Benjamin Orti in the 63rd minute. Olgierd Petrasz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Willian Pay in the 68th minute of the match. Willian Pay scored 4-0 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Olgierd Petrasz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Habsburgo's Eustaquio Gonsalve was substituted for Saverio Lehoi. Olgierd Petrasz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Willian Pay in the 82nd minute of play. After 88 played minutes FURIOZA got a freekick which was hit by Moreno Torricelli. In the 92nd minute, Moreno Torricelli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Olgierd Petrasz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Willian Pay's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. Habsburgo's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.