World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7710 (Terracing: 5784, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Walter Giardino started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Edwin van der Sar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Walter Giardino's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. When tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Alexis Alexandris in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Manchester United FC's goalie prevented a goal. Walter Giardino recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Walter Giardino in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Edwin van der Sar saved Manchester United FC from getting behind. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Grigoris Kornaros in the 15th minute. Grigoris Kornaros made a great header on tHe SOnS of rAGnar's corner, it was just that Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 17th minute, Walter Giardino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The tHe SOnS of rAGnar fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Valdemar Kuoppala in the 20thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of José Sá, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Edwin van der Sar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Walter Giardino went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 31st minute, Kosmas Salaminiotis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Giardino in the 37th minute of the match. After 39 minutes, Grigoris Kornaros mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the tHe SOnS of rAGnar and the Manchester United FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Grigoris Kornaros kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. The supporters of tHe SOnS of rAGnar booed when Manchester United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eero Uusipaavalniemi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Valdemar Kuoppala made the kick off in the second half. Walter Giardino's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Edwin van der Sar read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. tHe SOnS of rAGnar were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Manchester United FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Grigoris Kornaros took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Manchester United FC's goalie and right to Alexis Alexandris. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Manchester United FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Edwin van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walter Giardino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valdemar Kuoppala in the 62nd minute of play forced tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper José Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Valdemar Kuoppala had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of José Sá. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valdemar Kuoppala was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Alexis Alexandris's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 67thth minute, Edwin van der Sar skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 72nd minute Valdemar Kuoppala shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Sá saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edwin van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Giardino in the 74th minute of play. After 81 played minutes Manchester United FC got a freekick which was hit by Markus Vähäsavo. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Giannis Papoutsakis was substituted for Kosmas Salaminiotis. After a rather tough play, Manchester United FC's Markus Vähäsavo got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Edwin van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Telis Ntasios, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valdemar Kuoppala received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. José Sá tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alexis Alexandris's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Edwin van der Sar firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 91st minute, Telis Ntasios left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The tHe SOnS of rAGnar fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched tHe SOnS of rAGnar eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.