World League

Het Dak
Spectators: 7732 (Terracing: 5800, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sergio Cesaro kicked off to start the match. Ivo Tropchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dan Kjellman, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. FC Bal op het Dak's Shaq Francis managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Antonio Nerio in the 6 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dan Kjellman in the 8th minute of play forced Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's goalkeeper Ivo Tropchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dan Kjellman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 11 minutes into the game, one of Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Ivo Tropchev had in the 13thth minute some difficulties stopping Marick Brunt's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Dan Kjellman managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Bal op het Dak's supporters rose to their feet, but Dan Kjellman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ivo Tropchev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 21st minute, Dan Kjellman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ivo Tropchev. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 26th minute, Dan Kjellman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ivo Tropchev was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 29th minute Sergio Cesaro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harvey Davies saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute of the match Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ got a corner. FC Bal op het Dak's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Martin Urtado ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Martin Urtado got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Harvey Davies quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ivo Tropchev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dan Kjellman's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. The supporters of FC Bal op het Dak booed when Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martin Urtado didn't get a good kick on the ball. 46 minutes into the match, Marick Brunt sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Ivo Tropchev threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Marick Brunt this time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dan Kjellman made a kick off. FC Bal op het Dak made a substitution. Aristides Gombal replaced Shaq Francis. FC Bal op het Dak's Aristides Gombal quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Åke Kihlberg, made in the 58th minute of the game. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ made a substitution. Luis Oso replaced Sergio Cesaro. After 66 minutes Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marick Brunt who took care of the corner kick. Harvey Davies took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wawrzyniec Sakowicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Bal op het Dak's Harvey Davies proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save FC Bal op het Dak from getting a goal against them. Marick Brunt might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ivo Tropchev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marick Brunt ran back to his position shaking his head. Ivo Tropchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martijn August, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 96th minute of the match, Luis Oso tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Harvey Davies saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.