World League

RHEILAND
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edmund Vaik got the match started through his kick off. Halcon Sport 69's Zachary Zacharzewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avram Vizitiu in the 3rd minute of play. Halcon Sport 69's Zachary Zacharzewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avram Vizitiu in the 3rd minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Halcon Sport 69's Edmund Vaik sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dacian Enachescu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ZION's Dacian Enachescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmund Vaik in the 11th minute of play. ZION were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after Halcon Sport 69's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Avram Vizitiu took the corner. Edmund Vaik's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dacian Enachescu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, Halcon Sport 69's goal looked a bit too open when Han Lin Zhen came free, but Zachary Zacharzewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, Edmund Vaik cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Dacian Enachescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the ZION defense, Edmund Vaik kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dacian Enachescu. The ZION fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dacian Enachescu should have stopped the shot. Vlad Dragomiroiu hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. In the 39th match minute, ZION was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugon Figlewski to maneuver through the defense. After 43 minutes, Hugon Figlewski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ZION and the Halcon Sport 69 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hugon Figlewski hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After the first half Halcon Sport 69 were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Albert Nae stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Halcon Sport 69's Edmund Vaik sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dacian Enachescu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in ZION's zone, Edmund Vaik stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dacian Enachescu came out of the goal and Edmund Vaik tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Halcon Sport 69's Maciej Bronder was substituted for Edmund Vaik. After a rather tough play, Halcon Sport 69's Epifanio Vaca got a free kick in the 61st minute. 62 minutes into the match, Halcon Sport 69's goal looked a bit too open when Albert Nae came free, but Zachary Zacharzewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, Maciej Bronder notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of ZION's Dacian Enachescu. Dacian Enachescu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Halcon Sport 69's Zachary Zacharzewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avram Vizitiu in the 68th minute of play. Dacian Enachescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Maciej Bronder went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Hugon Figlewski hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the match, ZION's goalkeeper Dacian Enachescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maciej Bronder. The corner ended in Jon Autran almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ZION's Dacian Enachescu did a great save. The throw-in from Hugon Figlewski in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Halcon Sport 69's Santiago Iyan. Maciej Bronder scored 0-5 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dacian Enachescu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Maciej Bronder came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Halcon Sport 69 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 Maciej Bronder couldn't finish the play. The ZION supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Halcon Sport 69's performance. The match ended with a win for Halcon Sport 69.