World League

St Johns Wood
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Tiburcio Bibiano started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of Black Sky FC booed when Symba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orlando Queirós didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomás San Juan hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Valentin Pacifico's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Anis Achour read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 5th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Black Sky FC's Valentin Pacifico got a free kick in the 8th minute. Tacettin Umay hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. After 12 minutes of play, Black Sky FC's Valentin Pacifico made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anis Achour was left in no man's land by his defense there! Anis Achour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tiburcio Bibiano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Black Sky FC's Tiburcio Bibiano in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Symba's goalie prevented a goal. Anis Achour stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valentin Pacifico's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. 21 minutes into the match, Black Sky FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gus Wootton came free, but Felix Txema reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rdth minute of the game Valentin Pacifico who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Symba's Anis Achour was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 24th minute Black Sky FC were awarded a corner. Teofilo Iyan went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Black Sky FC's corner Valentin Pacifico fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Anis Achour quite easily take care of the ball. In the 26thth minute of the game Valentin Pacifico who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Symba's Anis Achour was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Symba's goalie and right to Primitivo Natanael. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Symba's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Tiburcio Bibiano scored 0-2 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anis Achour, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiburcio Bibiano in the 32nd minute of play forced Symba's goalkeeper Anis Achour to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anis Achour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiburcio Bibiano in the 34th minute of play. After some careless play in the Symba defense, Valentin Pacifico kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anis Achour. The Symba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anis Achour should have stopped the shot. In the 38th minute, Symba's Sílvio Veiga dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. The crowd rose to their feet as Symba's Gus Wootton slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Felix Txema. That made the score 2-3 after 41 minutes of play. In the 44th minute, Tiburcio Bibiano 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. A collision led to Black Sky FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Valentin Pacifico hit a great ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sílvio Veiga stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tiburcio Bibiano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anis Achour having to interfere. After having played for 54 minutes, Tiburcio Bibiano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Black Sky FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tiburcio Bibiano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Valentin Pacifico scored 2-4 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anis Achour, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sílvio Veiga took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Felix Txema. Felix Txema dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-4. Anis Achour came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Black Sky FC's Tiburcio Bibiano. But to his dismay, Tiburcio Bibiano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-5. Symba's Anis Achour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiburcio Bibiano in the 65th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Symba's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Pacifico came free, but Anis Achour reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Tiburcio Bibiano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Black Sky FC made a substitution. Arturo Ascencio replaced Valentin Pacifico. Black Sky FC's Rolando Joanes was substituted for Primitivo Natanael. In the 80th minute, Teofilo Iyan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anis Achour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ansu Vieira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Arturo Ascencio came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Black Sky FC 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 Arturo Ascencio couldn't finish the play.