World League

Vale of Knights
Spectators: 7684 (Terracing: 5764, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alemdar Yavuzalp started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elliot Mercado in the 2nd minute of play forced ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s goalkeeper Maxi Braga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Black Knights FC's Vincent Pacher got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stacy Daniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmund Sand, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 9 minutes into the match, ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s goal looked a bit too open when Elliot Mercado came free, but Maxi Braga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maxi Braga didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Raúl Carvalho went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Maxi Braga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚ from getting a goal against them. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Black Knights FC's goalkeeper Stacy Daniel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ciprian Peptan in the 20th minute. 28 minutes into the match, Black Knights FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alemdar Yavuzalp came free, but Stacy Daniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vincent Pacher received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Maxi Braga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ted Rijkaard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stacy Daniel having to interfere. In the 34th minute, Alemdar Yavuzalp made a precise shot to the right of Stacy Daniel. Black Knights FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 37 minutes into the match, Raúl Carvalho notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Maxi Braga. Maxi Braga was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Arturo Di Rado had several of the ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 41 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-1 score and a disappointed Maxi Braga as he didn't even see the shot coming. Arturo Di Rado's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 45thth minute, Maxi Braga skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Raúl Carvalho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Maxi Braga. That made the score 4-1 in the 47 minute of play. Black Knights FC's Lincoln Downey was substituted for Bartolo Ucero.

The wind increased when Elliot Mercado made the kick off in the second half. Arturo Di Rado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maxi Braga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elliot Mercado, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alemdar Yavuzalp in the 64th minute of play forced Black Knights FC's goalkeeper Stacy Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maxi Braga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elliot Mercado, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. When the match clock showed 72 minutes, the score became 5-2 when Raúl Carvalho sped through ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Maxi Braga. Maxi Braga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raúl Carvalho in the 78th minute of play. With 83 minutes on the clock, Wasyl Wawro commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 83rd minute of the game. One of Black Knights FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚:s goal. Serafino Gartzi hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. After having played for 88 minutes, Arturo Di Rado managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Black Knights FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arturo Di Rado was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 96th minute, Serafino Gartzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.