World League

Arena Colognese
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Neno Gudelj started the match with the kick off. Alfredinho Carneiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miroslav Agbaba in the 3rd minute of play. Edgard Batista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Nebojša Jerić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alfredinho Carneiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Neno Gudelj in the 7th minute of play. With his leg Nebojša Jerić managed to avoid a goal in the 8thth minute, when Colognese FC's Ruben Casado fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Alfredinho Carneiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pompiliu Bacalbașa in the 9th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Colognese FC's Ruben Casado sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nebojša Jerić narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 14th minute, Neno Gudelj 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. After a rather tough play, Crni Tigrovi's Pompiliu Bacalbașa got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Crni Tigrovi's goalkeeper Nebojša Jerić, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 17th minute, Edgard Batista 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. Alfredinho Carneiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Neno Gudelj in the 20th minute of play. Ruben Casado could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Nebojša Jerić made a huge save. Crni Tigrovi's Nebojša Jerić proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Crni Tigrovi from getting a goal against them. After 27 played minutes Colognese FC got a freekick which was hit by Rurik Öhlmann. Neno Gudelj kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. In the 48th minute of the match Colognese FC got a corner. Crni Tigrovi's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ioan Cocârlă ran over to the corner to take the kick. Colognese FC's Ioan Cocârlă was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nebojša Jerić in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ruben Casado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind Colognese FC's goalkeeper Alfredinho Carneiro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nebojša Jerić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ruben Casado in the 56th minute of play. Edgard Batista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nebojša Jerić having to interfere. Crni Tigrovi made a substitution. Paško Kukavica replaced Miroslav Agbaba. When Pompiliu Bacalbașa came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Crni Tigrovi 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 Pompiliu Bacalbașa couldn't finish the play. Alfredinho Carneiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neno Gudelj in the 71st minute of the match. In the 72nd minute Geovanni Leme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nebojša Jerić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovanni Leme in the 76th minute of play forced Crni Tigrovi's goalkeeper Nebojša Jerić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute Geovanni Leme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nebojša Jerić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Crni Tigrovi's Pompiliu Bacalbașa got a free kick in the 86th minute. Pompiliu Bacalbașa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pompiliu Bacalbașa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Pompiliu Bacalbașa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovanni Leme in the 96th minute of play forced Crni Tigrovi's goalkeeper Nebojša Jerić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nebojša Jerić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geovanni Leme in the 96th minute of play. Colognese FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Crni Tigrovi for a fine match.