World League

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Spectators: 7696 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fidel Blunt took the kick off in the first half of the match. Claudinho Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roch Kochniarczyk, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After 4 minutes NANANANA LIIIDEER FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Roch Kochniarczyk who took care of the corner kick. After a rather tough play, Astral's Mieszko Werra got a free kick in the 4th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bartlomiej Chazen in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Claudinho Taffarel saved NANANANA LIIIDEER FC from getting behind. Fabian Hludzenski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gavino Gabino in the 8th minute. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Gavino Gabino put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Fabian Hludzenski. In the 20th minute, one of Astral:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Astral. Agustin Serafo shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Astral's Fabian Hludzenski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Astral from getting a goal against them. After 27 minutes Astral's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Agustin Serafo who took care of the corner kick. In the 31st minute, Roch Kochniarczyk ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Claudinho Taffarel was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. NANANANA LIIIDEER FC's Claudinho Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mieszko Werra in the 35th minute of play. NANANANA LIIIDEER FC's Claudinho Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fidel Blunt in the 38th minute of play. Roch Kochniarczyk made a great header on Astral's corner, it was just that NANANANA LIIIDEER FC's Claudinho Taffarel managed to reach the ball for a save. Claudinho Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roch Kochniarczyk in the 42nd minute of play. Agustin Serafo hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gavino Gabino to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Gavino Gabino managed to get in a good position for a shot. NANANANA LIIIDEER FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gavino Gabino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fabian Hludzenski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Astral's goalkeeper Fabian Hludzenski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Bartlomiej Chazen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Claudinho Taffarel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. With a little luck, NANANANA LIIIDEER FC's Claudinho Taffarel got control of the ball when Fidel Blunt tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 58thth minute of the game Fidel Blunt who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but NANANANA LIIIDEER FC's Claudinho Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Gavino Gabino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gavino Gabino in the 62nd minute of play forced Astral's goalkeeper Fabian Hludzenski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Astral's goalkeeper Fabian Hludzenski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. NANANANA LIIIDEER FC's Amador Hartz was substituted for Gavino Gabino. In the 80thth minute of the game Amador Hartz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Astral's Fabian Hludzenski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 81 minutes Astral's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Amador Hartz who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on NANANANA LIIIDEER FC's corner Atilano Ponciano fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fabian Hludzenski quite easily take care of the ball. Fabian Hludzenski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amador Hartz in the 84th minute of the match. In the 86th minute Lucas Lixandro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabian Hludzenski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sertel Sümer recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dick Stephansson hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. 91 minutes into the game, NANANANA LIIIDEER FC's Amador Hartz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fabian Hludzenski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Bartlomiej Chazen's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Claudinho Taffarel firmly grabbed it by the left post. Astral's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because NANANANA LIIIDEER FC had won, even though Astral had held more of the ball.