League

VfB Stuttgart
Spectators: 8573 (Terracing: 6431, Seating: 1971, VIP seats: 171) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Toma Spasunov made the kick off which started today's match. Toma Spasunov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Halim Saadane having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Toma Spasunov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Halim Saadane was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. A collision led to East Coast getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Hameur Hammad hit a great ball. When VfB Stuttgart's Toma Spasunov in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye East Coast's goalie prevented a goal. In the 14th minute, Ivan Zafirov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 17 minutes, Toma Spasunov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VfB Stuttgart's supporters crossed their fingers, but Toma Spasunov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to VfB Stuttgart getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Hamruche hit a great ball. Toma Spasunov succeeded in the game's 27th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Halim Saadane didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ivan Zafirov went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toma Spasunov in the 33rd minute of play forced East Coast's goalkeeper Halim Saadane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Halim Saadane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Zafirov in the 34th minute of play. East Coast's Halim Saadane played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toma Spasunov in the 41st minute of play. If Ivan Zafirov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, East Coast's Ben Moussa got a free kick in the 46th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jimmy Hendrix to make the kick off. If Ivan Zafirov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When VfB Stuttgart's Toma Spasunov in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye East Coast's goalie prevented a goal. 58 minutes into the match, VfB Stuttgart's Toma Spasunov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Halim Saadane narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Halim Saadane showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Zafirov, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. 63 minutes into the match, East Coast's goal looked a bit too open when Toma Spasunov came free, but Halim Saadane reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Toma Spasunov came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the VfB Stuttgart 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 Toma Spasunov couldn't finish the play. 67 minutes into the game, VfB Stuttgart's Toma Spasunov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Halim Saadane made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. 5-0 became the score in the 70th minute when Toma Spasunov elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Halim Saadane came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by VfB Stuttgart's Rio Darwis. But to his dismay, Rio Darwis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Toma Spasunov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Halim Saadane having to interfere. East Coast's Hameur Hammad got his second yellow card of the match in the 84th minute. The referee ordered Hameur Hammad off the ground. In the 86th minute Toma Spasunov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Halim Saadane saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adlène Cixous hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. VfB Stuttgart's Rabah Bensaïd got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Smail Said kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. VfB Stuttgart fully deserved thier win.