World League

Valinor
Spectators: 7947 (Terracing: 5961, Seating: 1828, VIP seats: 158) 8 minutes into the game, Jacinto Lehen threw the ball into play from the sideline. The Valar's Marian Otopeanu quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 16 minutes into the match, William Rigg dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Wojciech Duda, 1-0. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind The Valar's goalkeeper Emmanuel Canturri, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 26th minute of the game Jonatan Maidana made a throw-in which William Rigg played forward. Elmo Jaanovits sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The Valar's Emmanuel Canturri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elmo Jaanovits in the 28th minute of play. A collision led to The Valar getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Martin Mols hit a great ball. In the 32nd match minute, Academia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacinto Lehen to maneuver through the defense. 33 minutes into the match, Academia FC's goalkeeper Wojciech Duda had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by William Rigg. A collision led to Academia FC getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Fabio Nabar hit a great ball. Elmo Jaanovits took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emmanuel Canturri. Emmanuel Canturri dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 42nd match minute, Academia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Asko Kuul to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Academia FC's Wojciech Duda got control of the ball when William Rigg tried to sneak it across the goal line. The Valar's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Codruț Uncheşu in the 45th minute. After taking down the ball on The Valar's corner Codruț Uncheşu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Wojciech Duda quite easily take care of the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tancredo Hondaro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Wojciech Duda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from William Rigg in the 54th minute of the match. Fabio Nabar hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. After 61 minutes of play, The Valar's William Rigg made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wojciech Duda was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 66thth minute of the game William Rigg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Academia FC's Wojciech Duda was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 68 minutes into the game, The Valar's William Rigg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Wojciech Duda made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. After 74 minutes of play, Academia FC's Tancredo Hondaro made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emmanuel Canturri was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cristian Ozon made in the 77th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Manwë Vala however managed to control. Emmanuel Canturri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tancredo Hondaro in the 83rd minute. Simon Esquipula kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Academia FC's Wojciech Duda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by William Rigg in the 89th minute of play. William Rigg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Wojciech Duda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 93 minutes into the game, The Valar's William Rigg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Wojciech Duda made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. In the 95th minute, Tancredo Hondaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The The Valar fans cheered their team off the field, for while Academia FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.