World League

Amapola
Spectators: 7507 (Terracing: 5631, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Franz Midgley started the match with the kick off. 13 minutes into the match, Donny Beckwith notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Amapola's Hugo Orlando Gatti. Hugo Orlando Gatti was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 16 minutes into the match, Franz Midgley notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Amapola's Hugo Orlando Gatti. Hugo Orlando Gatti was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Amapola's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Angel Berart in the 21st minute. The corner led to Amapola's Camilo Segio getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After a rather tough play, T H F C's Franz Midgley got a free kick in the 23rd minute. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Camilo Segio put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Luke Bush. Donny Beckwith fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hugo Orlando Gatti having to interfere. After 33 played minutes T H F C got a freekick which was hit by John-Paul Lumbergs. Matt Friend struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Hugo Orlando Gatti didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for T H F C. 39 minutes into the match, Amapola's goal looked a bit too open when Donny Beckwith came free, but Hugo Orlando Gatti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dave Hartley's late challenge caught a Amapola's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dave Hartley helped the player get up and apologised. In the 43rd minute, Dave Hartley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 44 minutes in the game, Ubaldo Uzuri fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Luke Bush having to interfere. After a rather tough play, T H F C's John-Paul Lumbergs got a free kick in the 46th minute. Amapola's Angel Berart shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 47th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Luke Bush but with some difficulty. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fidel Froila made a kick off. Hugo Orlando Gatti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matt Friend in the 50th minute. In the 52nd minute, T H F C's Donny Beckwith dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. With his leg Hugo Orlando Gatti managed to avoid a goal in the 56thth minute, when T H F C's Franz Midgley fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to Amapola getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Javi Pinola hit a great ball. Daniel Gillow struck a weak shot in the 59th minute. Hugo Orlando Gatti didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for T H F C. With a little luck, Amapola's Hugo Orlando Gatti got control of the ball when Franz Midgley tried to sneak it across the goal line. Matt Friend could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Hugo Orlando Gatti made a huge save. Hugo Orlando Gatti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franz Midgley in the 75th minute of the match. In the 76th minute Ubaldo Uzuri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luke Bush saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Amapola's goalkeeper Hugo Orlando Gatti had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Franz Midgley. Camilo Segio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Amapola's Dragan Gold was substituted for Ramon Montrell. T H F C made a substitution. Samuel Shakespeare replaced Franz Midgley. Amapola's Anibal Muc was substituted for Fidel Froila. Amapola made a substitution. Cosme Pio replaced Batıkan Erdem. Luke Bush made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camilo Segio in the 90th minute of play. After 91 played minutes Amapola got a freekick which was hit by Angel Berart. When the final whistle sounded T H F C left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Amapola.