World League

Alopecia Arena
Spectators: 8131 (Terracing: 6100, Seating: 1870, VIP seats: 161) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Otto Norström started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Xentrias getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Fang Yang Fei hit a great ball. A hard shot by Ezequiel Leizarraga from long distance, 5 minutes into the match, got Stig Busk's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Xentrias's Stig Busk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrea Tofani in the 8th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Xentrias's goal looked a bit too open when Andrea Tofani came free, but Stig Busk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Göran Lidman made in the 13th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by I ritirandi di Canaus's Mattia Hummels. 16 minutes into the game, Andrea Tofani cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Stig Busk was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Stig Busk didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andrea Tofani went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Andrea Tofani's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 30thth minute, Stig Busk skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. A throw-in in the 31st minute of the game was made by Ana I with Otto Norström as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andrea Tofani in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stig Busk prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Stig Busk was a little too slow when Andrea Tofani got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 40th minute. The score was now 4-0. Göran Lidman got a throw-in 44 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Otto Norström. Matty Debrouwere blasted a shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stig Busk having to make a save. In the 47thth minute of the game Otto Norström who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but I ritirandi di Canaus's Alexsandro Godoi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Andrea Tofani to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute, Jussi Björling hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 60 minutes, Otto Norström mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Xentrias and the I ritirandi di Canaus players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of I ritirandi di Canaus booed when Xentrias was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Otto Norström didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 65th minute, Ezequiel Leizarraga left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The I ritirandi di Canaus fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo scored 6-0 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stig Busk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Xentrias's Stig Busk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo in the 74th minute of play. After 76 minutes, Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo made it 7-0 with a short kick to the right side. Xentrias's Stig Busk tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 79th minute, Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stig Busk was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. Göran Lidman charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Göran Lidman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Göran Lidman hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stig Busk having to make a save. Stig Busk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xentrias's Stig Busk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mattia Hummels in the 86th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Xentrias's zone, Ezequiel Leizarraga stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stig Busk came out of the goal and Ezequiel Leizarraga tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Xentrias's zone, Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stig Busk came out of the goal and Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. I ritirandi di Canaus's Lu Chao Cheng was substituted for Ezequiel Leizarraga. After some careless play in the Xentrias defense, Comunardo Cerri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stig Busk. The Xentrias fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stig Busk should have stopped the shot. 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. I ritirandi di Canaus fully deserved thier win.