World League

Fortaleza de Progra
Spectators: 7741 (Terracing: 5807, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kuuno Tälli got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the match, Stig-Åke Gabrielsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hans-Jürgen Pötscher. Programayin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stig-Åke Gabrielsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kuuno Tälli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes into the match, Programayin's Sergio Agüero sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dumitru Doloman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Viola Invest's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antonio Florian was slow to take the kick. During this time Programayin's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Programayin's corner Antonio Florian fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dumitru Doloman quite easily take care of the ball. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kuuno Tälli in the 11th minute of the match. After 11 minutes of play, Viola Invest's Kuuno Tälli made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Jakobe, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stig-Åke Gabrielsson in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hans-Jürgen Pötscher prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 29th minute, Sergio Agüero 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. Programayin's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stig-Åke Gabrielsson in the 31st minute of play. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Viola Invest's Mario Jakobe. But to his dismay, Mario Jakobe quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Programayin's Luli Lulić was substituted for Sergio Agüero. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stig-Åke Gabrielsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Programayin's Hans-Jürgen Pötscher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stig-Åke Gabrielsson in the 44th minute of play. Viola Invest's Dumitru Doloman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Viola Invest from getting a goal against them. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luli Lulić stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Viola Invest's Jairo Hodei got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind Viola Invest's goalkeeper Dumitru Doloman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Luli Lulić might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dumitru Doloman. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luli Lulić ran back to his position shaking his head. Viola Invest's Dumitru Doloman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luli Lulić in the 62nd minute of play. After 65 played minutes Viola Invest got a freekick which was hit by Jakub Jazowski. Programayin's Claude Pradias was substituted for Luli Lulić. Jakub Jazowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kuuno Tälli in the 73rd minute of the match. Dumitru Doloman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claude Pradias, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Mario Jakobes short, quick shot in the 84thth minute got Hans-Jürgen Pötscher to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A collision led to Viola Invest getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Mario Jakobe hit a great ball. In the 88th minute Stig-Åke Gabrielsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Viola Invest booed when Programayin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lilian Thuram didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Kuuno Tälli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hans-Jürgen Pötscher was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. When Viola Invest's Kuuno Tälli in 93 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Hans-Jürgen Pötscher guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Viola Invest's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.