World League

Odaitye Stadion
Spectators: 7314 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 150) A collision led to Malmö White Knights getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Jim Ahlroht hit a great ball. Johnny Banks made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Mavrudi Barúmov sent off a good shot on target. 9 minutes into the match, Malmö White Knights's goalkeeper Johnny Banks had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sly Goodwick. Elvijs Presley might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alfonso Leoncio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elvijs Presley ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 11th minute Elvijs Presley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Leoncio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 14 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for FC MANEKENI CLUB! FC MANEKENI CLUB:s Alfonso Leoncio showed great skill when he stopped Elvijs Presley:s penalty. 15 minutes into the match, Elvijs Presley notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC MANEKENI CLUB's Alfonso Leoncio. Alfonso Leoncio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. FC MANEKENI CLUB's Alfonso Leoncio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roby Baggio in the 19th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, FC MANEKENI CLUB's goal looked a bit too open when Elvijs Presley came free, but Alfonso Leoncio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC MANEKENI CLUB's Alfonso Leoncio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elvijs Presley in the 22nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute Toma Draganov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johnny Banks saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 35 played minutes FC MANEKENI CLUB got a freekick which was hit by Alexi Bakúrdzhiev. FC MANEKENI CLUB's Alfonso Leoncio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elvijs Presley in the 36th minute of play. Elvijs Presley scored 0-4 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alfonso Leoncio, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 42nd minute Toma Draganov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johnny Banks saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alfonso Leoncio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elvijs Presley in the 45th minute of play. After the first half Malmö White Knights were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roby Baggio to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, Zacharias Kontoulis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alfonso Leoncio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roby Baggio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 52nd minute, Roby Baggio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alfonso Leoncio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Elvijs Presley could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Alfonso Leoncio made a huge save. With a little luck, FC MANEKENI CLUB's Alfonso Leoncio got control of the ball when Elvijs Presley tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC MANEKENI CLUB's goalkeeper Alfonso Leoncio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Elvijs Presley received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Alfonso Leoncio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Elvijs Presley received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alfonso Leoncio came out and tried to block the shot, but Elvijs Presley slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 62nd minute. FC MANEKENI CLUB's Alfonso Leoncio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roby Baggio in the 66th minute of play. Elvijs Presley's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alfonso Leoncio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. Alfonso Leoncio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elvijs Presley in the 75th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elvijs Presley in the 76th minute of play forced FC MANEKENI CLUB's goalkeeper Alfonso Leoncio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 78 played minutes FC MANEKENI CLUB got a freekick which was hit by Zacharias Kontoulis. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elvijs Presley in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alfonso Leoncio saved FC MANEKENI CLUB from getting behind. Malmö White Knights's Johnny Banks played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mavrudi Barúmov in the 92nd minute of play. 94 minutes into the game, Zacharias Kontoulis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC MANEKENI CLUB's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Malmö White Knights the free kick. Zacharias Kontoulis hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match.