World League

Marsalkka
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Miguel Borja started the match with the kick off. Miguel Borja took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gigi Mantu. Gigi Mantu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 6th minute Edwin De Mulder shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigi Mantu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 7 minutes, Artturi Furuholm mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mannerheim and the Real Academia Serengetti players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th match minute, Mannerheim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artturi Furuholm to maneuver through the defense. Miguel Borja recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Edwin De Mulder took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gigi Mantu. Gigi Mantu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Miguel Borja's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gigi Mantu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. Miguel Borja fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gigi Mantu having to interfere. Real Academia Serengetti's Edwin De Mulder managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Perttu Niskanen in the 17 minute of the game. After 21st play minutes Miguel Borja shot 0-3, a short shot which went by Gigi Mantu and just under the crossbar into goal. Miguel Borja took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gigi Mantu. Gigi Mantu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Miguel Borja blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gigi Mantu having to make a save. Gigi Mantu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Borja in the 28th minute of play. Edwin De Mulder received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Gigi Mantu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gigi Mantu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Borja, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gigi Mantu didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Real Academia Serengetti's Miguel Borja shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-5 in the ordered_time% minute. 41 minutes into the match, Miguel Borja had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gigi Mantu. Mannerheim's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miguel Borja was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Miguel Borja in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gigi Mantu saved Mannerheim from getting behind. In the 46th minute of the match Real Academia Serengetti got a corner. Mannerheim's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Isidro Incendio ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Ingmar Ahlqvist heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

When Miguel Borja came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Real Academia Serengetti 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 Miguel Borja couldn't finish the play. Artturi Furuholm made in the 53rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Perttu Niskanen immediately put the ball in play. Edwin De Mulder scored 0-7 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gigi Mantu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 57 minutes of play, Real Academia Serengetti's Edwin De Mulder made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gigi Mantu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gigi Mantu came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Real Academia Serengetti's Miguel Borja. But to his dismay, Miguel Borja quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-9. In the 63rd play minute Miguel Borja came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Gigi Mantu. 0-10. 67 minutes into the match, Miguel Borja had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gigi Mantu. Mannerheim's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miguel Borja was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-11. In the 70th minute of the match, Miguel Borja tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gigi Mantu saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Miguel Borja scored 0-13 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gigi Mantu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gigi Mantu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Miguel Borja in the 82nd minute. Miguel Borja blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gigi Mantu having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Miguel Borja managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Academia Serengetti's supporters rose to their feet, but Miguel Borja was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gigi Mantu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Miguel Borja sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Real Academia Serengetti's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.