World League

Diamond Parck
Spectators: 7477 (Terracing: 5609, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bogdan Bogdanović made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Club 23 getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Emanuel Robescu hit a great ball. Sakálok's Caspar Motter managed to work through Club 23's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Caspar Motter dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Sakálok's Béla Hudák played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liu Chao Xiao in the 14th minute of play. When the match clock showed 16 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Anfilogino Contaldi sped through Club 23's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sören Malmberg. 18 minutes into the match, Caspar Motter notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Club 23's Sören Malmberg. Sören Malmberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Caspar Motter scored 0-3 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sören Malmberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bogdan Bogdanović came free with the goalkeeper in the 32nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Béla Hudák could save by the left post. In the 33rd minute Liu Chao Xiao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Béla Hudák saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Béla Hudák made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bogdan Bogdanović in the 35th minute. Club 23's Sören Malmberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Caspar Motter in the 38th minute of play. In the 38th minute Caspar Motter shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sören Malmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Béla Hudák made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liu Chao Xiao in the 39th minute of play. Anfilogino Contaldi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Sören Malmberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Caspar Motter to strike the kick off in the second half. Druțu Daniel charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Druțu Daniel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Sakálok booed when Club 23 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Druțu Daniel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sören Malmberg made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Anfilogino Contaldi sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liu Chao Xiao in the 56th minute of play forced Sakálok's goalkeeper Béla Hudák to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Béla Hudák came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Club 23's Liu Chao Xiao. But to his dismay, Liu Chao Xiao quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. In the 64th minute of the match Sakálok got a corner. Club 23's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eike Hörtnagel ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Sakálok's corner Eike Hörtnagel fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sören Malmberg quite easily take care of the ball. Sören Malmberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Caspar Motter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Club 23's goalkeeper Sören Malmberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Eike Hörtnagel took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sören Malmberg. Sören Malmberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. Sakálok's Roland Csikós was substituted for Federico Viñe. Sakálok made a substitution. Dániel Polgár replaced Károly Kutasi. With a little luck, Club 23's Sören Malmberg got control of the ball when Gottfrid Brovall tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Bogdan Bogdanović managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club 23's supporters rose to their feet, but Bogdan Bogdanović was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Béla Hudák breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Liu Chao Xiao recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Club 23 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Sakálok were clearly better and deserved to take the win.