World League

Martin Palermo
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zhao Le Yin got the match started through his kick off. After 5 played minutes Santa Maradona got a freekick which was hit by Rodolfo Cordeiro. After 6 minutes, Ratan Ayala mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Santa Maradona and the FK TEPLICE STARS players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th minute, one of Santa Maradona:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Santa Maradona. Santa Maradona:s Jonathan Errapel showed great skill when he stopped Zhao Le Yin:s penalty. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by FK TEPLICE STARS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Haroldo Martxot was slow to take the kick. During this time Santa Maradona's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Haroldo Martxot got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Aris Giannopoulos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Miguel Transito's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aris Giannopoulos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. In the 29th minute Wladyslaw Miarka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Errapel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 34 played minutes FK TEPLICE STARS got a freekick which was hit by Tadeáš Bojanovský. Jonathan Errapel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhao Le Yin in the 38th minute of play. Juvenal Aspe kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. In the 42nd minute of the match, Miguel Transito got a very nice opportunity to score, but Aris Giannopoulos was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Aris Giannopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodolfo Cordeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After 46 minutes FK TEPLICE STARS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Haroldo Martxot who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Santa Maradona's Cecilio Beltxe getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Aris Giannopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodolfo Cordeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, FK TEPLICE STARS's František Havlát got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd match minute, FK TEPLICE STARS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo Hluchý to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodolfo Cordeiro in the 54th minute of play forced FK TEPLICE STARS's goalkeeper Aris Giannopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miguel Transito's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aris Giannopoulos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. In the 61st match minute, Santa Maradona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haroldo Martxot to maneuver through the defense. Miguel Transito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Aris Giannopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Errapel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wladyslaw Miarka in the 67th minute of the match. Jonathan Errapel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhao Le Yin, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Transito in the 70th minute of play forced FK TEPLICE STARS's goalkeeper Aris Giannopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santa Maradona's Jonathan Errapel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Santa Maradona from getting a goal against them. Aris Giannopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wei Kang Hai in the 74th minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Jonathan Errapel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wladyslaw Miarka. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhao Le Yin in the 76th minute of play forced Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Jonathan Errapel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Errapel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Juvenal Aspe in the 80th minute. Jonathan Errapel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wladyslaw Miarka in the 83rd minute. Wladyslaw Miarka's late challenge caught a Santa Maradona's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wladyslaw Miarka helped the player get up and apologised. In the 85th match minute, FK TEPLICE STARS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wladyslaw Miarka to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Jonathan Errapel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. FK TEPLICE STARS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tadeáš Bojanovský in the 91st minute. Tadeáš Bojanovský made a great header on FK TEPLICE STARS's corner, it was just that Santa Maradona's Jonathan Errapel managed to reach the ball for a save. František Havlát received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Jonathan Errapel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Errapel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhao Le Yin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.