World League

Freedom Arena
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Freedom 2024's Mircea Stanciu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the game, Freedom 2024's Evander Zayko nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gia Buffon made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Freedom 2024's zone, João Vítor Salles stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Larsfelt came out of the goal and João Vítor Salles tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jonathan Larsfelt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mati Ridal in the 11th minute of the match. Gia Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mircea Stanciu, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Jaagup Lasn hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Evander Zayko took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Gia Buffon to make any attempt to save it. After 28 played minutes, BSC Thunder Arvutitark's Jaagup Lasn shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jonathan Larsfelt came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in BSC Thunder Arvutitark reached it. 37 minutes into the match, Evander Zayko dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gia Buffon, 3-0. Jonathan Larsfelt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Vítor Salles in the 46th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when João Vítor Salles stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Larsfelt made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mati Ridal in the 53rd minute. Mircea Stanciu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gia Buffon having to interfere. Gia Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mircea Stanciu, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. After 61 minutes BSC Thunder Arvutitark's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mircea Stanciu who took care of the corner kick. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind BSC Thunder Arvutitark's goalkeeper Gia Buffon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mati Ridal in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Larsfelt saved Freedom 2024 from getting behind. In the 68th minute Evander Zayko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gia Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, BSC Thunder Arvutitark's Jonathan Larsfelt threw himself towards the right post 71 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Mati Ridal, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jonathan Larsfelt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Vítor Salles in the 73rd minute of play. BSC Thunder Arvutitark's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by João Vítor Salles in the 74th minute. Jonathan Larsfelt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaspar Mustkivi in the 74th minute of play. The supporters of Freedom 2024 booed when BSC Thunder Arvutitark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Asko Ernits didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonathan Larsfelt made an important save on a dangerous shot by João Vítor Salles in the 85th minute. After 93 minutes, Sven-Edvin Pettersson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Freedom 2024 and the BSC Thunder Arvutitark players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 93 played minutes Freedom 2024 got a freekick which was hit by Sven-Edvin Pettersson. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Freedom 2024 had played much better football throughout.