World League

Manly Oval
Spectators: 7642 (Terracing: 5733, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when John Aldridge took the kick off in the first half of the match. John Aldridge was extremely unlucky when he, in the 2nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. A throw-in in the 5th minute of the game was made by Xavier Angel Phillips with Jesper Grubb as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 7 minutes into the match, John Aldridge notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Bora Bora's Riccardo Hofer. Riccardo Hofer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mo Salah charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mo Salah the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After recieving a nice pass, Bora Bora's Bror Säfström tried to score from far away in the 11th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. John Aldridge hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. John Aldridge who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 20thth minute tested the skills of Riccardo Hofer when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Riccardo Hofer made an important save on a dangerous shot by John Aldridge in the 22nd minute. John Aldridge recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Manly FC's Nilson Snabl got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 33rd minute Robin Mager shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duncan Mcinnes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. John Aldridge could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Riccardo Hofer made a huge save. Manly FC's Duncan Mcinnes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Kuse in the 37th minute of play. John Aldridges short, quick shot in the 39thth minute got Riccardo Hofer to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Manly FC's Duncan Mcinnes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Kuse in the 40th minute of play. After some careless play in the Bora Bora defense, John Aldridge kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Riccardo Hofer. The Bora Bora fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Riccardo Hofer should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The audience was convinced that John Aldridge's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Riccardo Hofer was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. John Aldridge sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After having played for 60 minutes, Fleming Wal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Manly FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fleming Wal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Billy Arvidsson got a throw-in 62 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Olof Falkrantz. John Aldridge's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Riccardo Hofer read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. Billy Arvidsson made in the 68th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Manly FC's Irving Bonnison. Riccardo Hofer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from John Aldridge, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Riccardo Hofer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from John Aldridge, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Riccardo Hofer stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of John Aldridge's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Manly FC's Robbie Fowler was substituted for John Aldridge. 79 minutes in the game Billy Arvidsson did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Olof Falkrantz. Billy Arvidsson made in the 80th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Manly FC's Irving Bonnison. Robbie Fowler recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 83 minutes into the game, Robbie Fowler cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Riccardo Hofer was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Robbie Fowler sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Duncan Mcinnes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jesper Grubb in the 88th minute. 92 minutes into the match, Bora Bora's goal looked a bit too open when Robbie Fowler came free, but Riccardo Hofer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 94 minutes into the match, Robbie Fowler notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Bora Bora's Riccardo Hofer. Riccardo Hofer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.