World League

Arena Gmunden
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Tomé Azevedo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bartolo Leoiar in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kai-Uwe Bartek saved BiBa from getting behind. With a little luck, PGE FC's Rolando Merexildo got control of the ball when Klaus-Dieter Danes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andre Seemayer's late challenge caught a PGE FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andre Seemayer helped the player get up and apologised. 17 minutes into the match, PGE FC's goalkeeper Rolando Merexildo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Klaus-Dieter Danes. Kai-Uwe Bartek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Odon in the 21st minute of the match. In the 29th minute Bartolo Leoiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kai-Uwe Bartek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute BiBa were awarded a corner. Norbert Arbogast went to the cornerflag to take it. Rolando Merexildo made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Michael Kohn sent off a good shot on target. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by PGE FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Norbert Arbogast was slow to take the kick. During this time BiBa's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on BiBa's corner Tomé Azevedo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rolando Merexildo quite easily take care of the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bartolo Leoiar was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Klaus-Dieter Danes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rolando Merexildo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind PGE FC's goalkeeper Rolando Merexildo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. BiBa's Kai-Uwe Bartek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauro Odon in the 61st minute of play. In the 63rd minute Bartolo Leoiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kai-Uwe Bartek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 66 played minutes BiBa got a freekick which was hit by Porfirio Filare. Kai-Uwe Bartek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mauro Odon in the 67th minute. PGE FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bartolo Leoiar in the 69th minute. The corner led PGE FC's Bartolo Leoiar to fire away a dangerous shot which Kai-Uwe Bartek despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 71st minute, Tomé Azevedo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 74 minutes into the match, PGE FC's goal looked a bit too open when Densill 李天剑 came free, but Rolando Merexildo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andre Seemayer took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rolando Merexildo. Rolando Merexildo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. BiBa's Peter Plappert was substituted for Erich Konig. Kai-Uwe Bartek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gil Godoi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes into the game, Klaus-Dieter Danes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Rolando Merexildo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Klaus-Dieter Danes came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the BiBa fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Klaus-Dieter Danes couldn't finish the play. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by PGE FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Andre Seemayer was slow to take the kick. During this time BiBa's players had a chance to rest. If Klaus-Dieter Danes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. BiBa walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.