League

Arena Eduardo Máximo
Spectators: 9244 (Terracing: 6960, Seating: 2134, VIP seats: 150) Mario Bezzina started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd match minute, Norrlands Guld was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mario Bezzina to maneuver through the defense. 4 minutes into the game, Zlatko Zahovič cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Everardo Pasqual was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 10thth minute of the game Miguel Piscopo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Norrlands Guld's Everardo Pasqual was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Zlatko Zahovič's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Everardo Pasqual was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. 3-0 became the score in the 14th minute when Qu Peng Kang elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After 17 minutes of play, Eleven Young Elephants's Severino Bueno made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Everardo Pasqual was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Severino Bueno came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Eleven Young Elephants 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 Severino Bueno couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Norrlands Guld getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Daniel Attard hit a great ball. With a little luck, Norrlands Guld's Everardo Pasqual got control of the ball when Enzo Perez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Everardo Pasqual showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Piscopo, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 26th minute, Eleven Young Elephants's Severino Bueno ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Everardo Pasqual. Everardo Pasqual yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 5-0. Zlatko Zahovič received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Everardo Pasqual came out and tried to block the shot, but Zlatko Zahovič slotted it home off the left post making it 6-0 in the 31st minute. After a rather tough play, Eleven Young Elephants's Severino Bueno got a free kick in the 34th minute. After 36 minutes of play, Eleven Young Elephants's Severino Bueno made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Everardo Pasqual was left in no man's land by his defense there!

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zlatko Zahovič to make the kick off. Kyriakos Siöberg kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. In the 58th minute, Mark Fenech Adami hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 59 minutes into the match, Norrlands Guld's goal looked a bit too open when Severino Bueno came free, but Everardo Pasqual reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Norrlands Guld's Everardo Pasqual played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Piscopo in the 62nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Norrlands Guld's zone, Zlatko Zahovič stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Everardo Pasqual came out of the goal and Zlatko Zahovič tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 66 minutes into the game, Severino Bueno cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Everardo Pasqual was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 69th minute Severino Bueno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Everardo Pasqual saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Norrlands Guld's Everardo Pasqual played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Piscopo in the 71st minute of play. Everardo Pasqual made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zlatko Zahovič in the 73rd minute of play. Christopher Barbara hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 76th minute, Zlatko Zahovič left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eleven Young Elephants fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 11-0. Eleven Young Elephants made a substitution. Darren Carabott replaced Zlatko Zahovič. Everardo Pasqual didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Darren Carabott went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 13-0 was the resulting score. Bernard Amato Gauci lost his temper 91 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 90 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Norrlands Guld! In the 95th minute Darren Carabott shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Everardo Pasqual saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 97 minutes, Miguel Piscopo made it 15-0 with a short kick to the right side. Norrlands Guld's Everardo Pasqual tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Eleven Young Elephants had played much better football throughout.