World League

Arborial Park
Spectators: 7654 (Terracing: 5742, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Martial Schwersenz kicked off to start the match. Lucas Navarro hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Shaki Conn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martial Schwersenz in the 4th minute of play. Shaki Conn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martial Schwersenz in the 6th minute of the match. ForestFire's Shaki Conn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martial Schwersenz in the 10th minute of play. Martial Schwersenz might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Shaki Conn. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Martial Schwersenz ran back to his position shaking his head. Tracy Shah scored 1-0 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nat Rohn, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Martial Schwersenz in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Shaki Conn prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 22nd minute Tracy Shah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nat Rohn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elton Brewster made in the 28th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Jose Hoyt however managed to control. Tracy Shah could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Nat Rohn made a huge save. Tracy Shah could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Nat Rohn made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Navarro in the 42nd minute of play forced Fire Devils's goalkeeper Nat Rohn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Fire Devils's Edmílson Gaúcho was substituted for Sven-Arne Bengtsson. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lucas Navarro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nat Rohn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas Navarro, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Navarro in the 55th minute of play forced Fire Devils's goalkeeper Nat Rohn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nat Rohn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ben Gilliam, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Martial Schwersenz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. ForestFire's defense didn't have a chance, in the 68th minute, when Martial Schwersenz scored to the left of an out of position Shaki Conn, making the score, 2-1. Fire Devils's Diego Aloisia was substituted for Garson Pfäffli. Martial Schwersenz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shaki Conn having to interfere. ForestFire's Shaki Conn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martial Schwersenz in the 78th minute of play. Fire Devils made a substitution. Robin Andermatt replaced Olof Palm. The supporters of Fire Devils booed when ForestFire was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joseph Reeder didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ismael Kalnik's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Shaki Conn firmly grabbed it by the left post. Nat Rohn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ben Gilliam in the 87th minute of the match. Jose Hoyt made in the 88th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Fire Devils's Lajos Wenzel. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tracy Shah in the 95th minute of play forced Fire Devils's goalkeeper Nat Rohn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Elton Brewster during the 98th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. ForestFire's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.