World League

Salento Arena
Spectators: 7714 (Terracing: 5787, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Igor Brandenberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Hibai in the 4th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, SalentoUnited's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Hibai came free, but Igor Brandenberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8thth minute of the game Joel Hibai who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SalentoUnited's Igor Brandenberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 13th minute Joel Hibai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Brandenberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Frasier Huber took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Cristoforo Tammaro to make any attempt to save it. In the 17th minute, Joel Hibai ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Igor Brandenberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Elia Di Sipio charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elia Di Sipio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 21st minute, Elia Di Sipio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frasier Huber got free with Cristoforo Tammaro in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Igor Brandenberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Hibai, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 26th minute Frasier Huber shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Tammaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joel Hibai received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Igor Brandenberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Frasier Huber could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Cristoforo Tammaro made a huge save. Cristoforo Tammaro had great luck who in the 32ndth minute grab hold of the ball when Frasier Huber from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 38th minute Ernesto Martini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Brandenberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristoforo Tammaro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ergincan Suerkan went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. The supporters of Lunatics of Arianrhod booed when SalentoUnited was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kari Fortunin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Igor Brandenberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Hibai in the 45th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Lunatics of Arianrhod's Francesco Romino was substituted for Walter Giusti. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Hibai to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Lunatics of Arianrhod's Joel Hibai ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Igor Brandenberg. Igor Brandenberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. In the 59th minute Joel Hibai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Brandenberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, SalentoUnited's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Hibai came free, but Igor Brandenberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Igor Brandenberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Hibai, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. 66 minutes into the match, SalentoUnited's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Martini came free, but Igor Brandenberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. SalentoUnited made a substitution. Urbano Hotz replaced Frasier Huber. With a little luck, SalentoUnited's Igor Brandenberg got control of the ball when Fedele Panza tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 71st minute, Makis Galopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristoforo Tammaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Urbano Hotz in the 72nd minute of the match. Lunatics of Arianrhod's Cristoforo Tammaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Urbano Hotz in the 76th minute of play. Igor Brandenberg made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Fedele Panza sent off a good shot on target. Igor Brandenberg was a little too slow when Joel Hibai got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 2-3. In the 83rd minute, Makis Galopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SalentoUnited made a substitution. Fox Aiello replaced Alexis Veterini. The supporters of SalentoUnited booed when Lunatics of Arianrhod was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Makis Galopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Igor Brandenberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernesto Martini in the 86th minute of play. Urbano Hotz took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cristoforo Tammaro. Cristoforo Tammaro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-3. Dário Pereira charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dário Pereira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 96th minute, Ernesto Martini ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Igor Brandenberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-4. Lunatics of Arianrhod played a much better game than SalentoUnited and deserved their victory. The SalentoUnited players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.