World League

Dragon Cave
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Christiano Ronaldo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Nebojša Jerić made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Christiano Ronaldo in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nebojša Jerić saved Crni Tigrovi from getting behind. Christiano Ronaldo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nebojša Jerić read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. Unione Sportiva's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ptolemeus Giannopoulos in the 14th minute. A well done corner resulted in Christiano Ronaldo drilling the ball in to score 1-0 behind Crni Tigrovi's goalkeeper. When Crni Tigrovi's Neno Gudelj in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Unione Sportiva's goalie prevented a goal. Nebojša Jerić made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christiano Ronaldo in the 20th minute. In the 23rdth minute of the game Christiano Ronaldo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Crni Tigrovi's Nebojša Jerić was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 25th match minute, Unione Sportiva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Epigonoi Theohari to maneuver through the defense. Cláudio Amaro made in the 31st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Unione Sportiva's Kimon Yfantis. After some careless play in the Crni Tigrovi defense, Christiano Ronaldo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nebojša Jerić. The Crni Tigrovi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nebojša Jerić should have stopped the shot. Nebojša Jerić made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christiano Ronaldo in the 40th minute. Pompiliu Bacalbașa might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fernado Alves. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pompiliu Bacalbașa ran back to his position shaking his head. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Neno Gudelj made a kick off. Pompiliu Bacalbașa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fernado Alves having to make a save. Nebojša Jerić didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Christiano Ronaldo went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 60 minutes into the match, Christiano Ronaldo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nebojša Jerić. Crni Tigrovi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christiano Ronaldo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. In the 63rd match minute, Unione Sportiva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teukros Economides to maneuver through the defense. Fernado Alves made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pompiliu Bacalbașa in the 65th minute. Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pompiliu Bacalbașa in the 70th minute of play. Pompiliu Bacalbașa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Fernado Alves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 76 minutes of play, Unione Sportiva's Christiano Ronaldo made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nebojša Jerić was left in no man's land by his defense there! Christiano Ronaldo struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. Nebojša Jerić didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Unione Sportiva. Christiano Ronaldo scored 6-0 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nebojša Jerić, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A sloppy throw-in by Teukros Economides in the 89th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Crni Tigrovi's Cláudio Amaro. After a rather tough play, Unione Sportiva's Epigonoi Theohari got a free kick in the 89th minute. Teukros Economides hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Crni Tigrovi's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.