World League

Floriana Krygiera
Spectators: 7968 (Terracing: 5977, Seating: 1833, VIP seats: 158) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Norbert Major got the match started through his kick off. If Vaggelis Pavlidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sebastião Xoxe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vaggelis Pavlidis in the 6th minute of the match. Manos Trachanas kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. With a little luck, Vęgoria Team's Bogdan Pilarski got control of the ball when Norbert Major tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bogdan Pilarski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Norbert Major, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Norbert Major got free with Bogdan Pilarski in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Norbert Major might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bogdan Pilarski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Norbert Major ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Vęgoria Team's Bogdan Pilarski got control of the ball when Norbert Major tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Norbert Major had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Darko Pančev did an outstanding performance 32 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 1-0 to the right of an irritated Bogdan Pilarski in the goal. Vaggelis Pavlidis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sebastião Xoxe read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute Vaggelis Pavlidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastião Xoxe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vaggelis Pavlidis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bogdan Pilarski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norbert Major in the 67th minute of the match. Vęgoria Team's Bogdan Pilarski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norbert Major in the 72nd minute of play. Sebastião Xoxe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vaggelis Pavlidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. The audience was convinced that Vaggelis Pavlidis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sebastião Xoxe was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Pogoń Szczecin's Sebastião Xoxe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vaggelis Pavlidis in the 86th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Pogoń Szczecin's Manos Trachanas got a free kick in the 88th minute. Pogoń Szczecin's Dariusz Harbaszewski was substituted for Jurand Debowski. In the 90th minute, Manos Trachanas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bogdan Pilarski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Donzel in the 93rd minute of the match. After 94 played minutes Vęgoria Team got a freekick which was hit by Alf Palm. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Pogoń Szczecin fans cheered their team off the field, for while Vęgoria Team had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.