World League

Ruscova
Spectators: 7788 (Terracing: 5842, Seating: 1791, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sataporn Snabl started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KIA KAHA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 10 minutes into the match, FC Ruscova's goal looked a bit too open when Sataporn Snabl came free, but Helmuth Duckadam reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Ruscova's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Roger Romary in the 12th minute. Stanislaw Modliszewski hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. 21 minutes into the match, FC Ruscova's goal looked a bit too open when Sataporn Snabl came free, but Helmuth Duckadam reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute Zachary Snaza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabio Santilli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. KIA KAHA's Fabio Santilli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save KIA KAHA from getting a goal against them. FC Ruscova's Kian Natanael managed to work through KIA KAHA's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Kian Natanael dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Kian Natanael received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fabio Santilli came out and tried to block the shot, but Kian Natanael slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 27th minute. In the 31st minute, Kong Zhou Li hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kian Natanael recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kian Natanael stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fabio Santilli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kian Natanael, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. KIA KAHA's Fabio Santilli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kian Natanael in the 64th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Kian Natanael's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabio Santilli was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. KIA KAHA's Daniel Glanselius was substituted for Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos. KIA KAHA's Nicklas Smitt was substituted for Sataporn Snabl. FC Ruscova's Aurel Trifan was substituted for Manuel Şoimu. Karl-Erik Lind made a great header on KIA KAHA's corner, it was just that FC Ruscova's Helmuth Duckadam managed to reach the ball for a save. FC Ruscova were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of KIA KAHA for a fine match.