World League

SLOVAKIA Stadium
Spectators: 7886 (Terracing: 5915, Seating: 1814, VIP seats: 157) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Mikla kicked off to start the match. LEBRON's Yin Chuan Feng proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save LEBRON from getting a goal against them. The corner led V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Juraj Markuš to fire away a dangerous shot which Yin Chuan Feng despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Juraj Markuš was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 5th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 12th minute Marcin Danisiewicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doriva Reis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Doriva Reis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Epifanio Harkaitz's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. LEBRON's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Arnaldo Santxol in the 17th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Gabriel Urbanovský kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Yin Chuan Feng. That made the score 2-0 in the 22 minute of play. Yin Chuan Feng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Króner in the 26th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Erik Króner in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yin Chuan Feng prevented the ball from getting in the gole. V.K.DRINK Hermanovce were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after LEBRON's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Martin Janko took the corner. In the 33rd minute Epifanio Harkaitz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doriva Reis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute of the match LEBRON got a corner. V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Arnaldo Santxol ran over to the corner to take the kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gabriel Urbanovský in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yin Chuan Feng saved LEBRON from getting behind. With a little luck, LEBRON's Yin Chuan Feng got control of the ball when Daniel Mikla tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of LEBRON booed when V.K.DRINK Hermanovce was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Kolár didn't get a good kick on the ball. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Epifanio Harkaitz to make the kick off. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arnaldo Santxol was slow to take the kick. During this time LEBRON's players had a chance to rest. V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Doriva Reis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcin Danisiewicz in the 55th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Marcin Danisiewicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Doriva Reis was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. A collision led to LEBRON getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Leonides Tajo hit a great ball. V.K.DRINK Hermanovce made a substitution. Stanislav Chaban replaced Martin Janko. In the 62nd minute Marcin Danisiewicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doriva Reis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute V.K.DRINK Hermanovce were awarded a corner. Hans Zimmer went to the cornerflag to take it. V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Doriva Reis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save V.K.DRINK Hermanovce from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Jörn Scharff's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Doriva Reis was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Yin Chuan Feng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Urbanovský, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 73 minutes into the match, Gabriel Urbanovský notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of LEBRON's Yin Chuan Feng. Yin Chuan Feng was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. LEBRON made a substitution. Ciro Berart replaced Jörn Scharff. 81 minutes into the match, V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Acosta came free, but Doriva Reis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ariel Lopez let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 84th minute shot 3-2 at rihgt post. Doriva Reis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ariel Lopez in the 87th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Juraj Markuš in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yin Chuan Feng prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 90thth minute of the game Marcin Danisiewicz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Doriva Reis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Doriva Reis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ariel Lopez in the 92nd minute. In the 94th minute Daniel Mikla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yin Chuan Feng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. LEBRON's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.