World League

Valinor
Spectators: 8003 (Terracing: 6004, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) Kiran Tomasini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manwë Vala in the 2nd minute of the match. 5 minutes into the match, William Rigg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kiran Tomasini. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that William Rigg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The supporters of THE ROKERY PIMKIS booed when The Valar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonatan Maidana didn't get a good kick on the ball. 11 minutes into the match, The Valar's goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Mino came free, but Emmanuel Canturri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, William Rigg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kiran Tomasini. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that William Rigg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 16th minute, Cristian Ozon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emmanuel Canturri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Mino in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind THE ROKERY PIMKIS's goalkeeper Kiran Tomasini, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Emmanuel Canturri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Mino in the 20th minute of play. The Valar's William Rigg got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 26 minutes into the match, THE ROKERY PIMKIS's goalkeeper Kiran Tomasini had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by William Rigg. 28 minutes into the match, The Valar's goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Mino came free, but Emmanuel Canturri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emmanuel Canturri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Mastroiacovo, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. With a little luck, THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Kiran Tomasini 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 36th minute. A nice corner shot did that Codruț Uncheşu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kiran Tomasini quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by The Valar's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alessandro Finotti was slow to take the kick. During this time THE ROKERY PIMKIS's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on THE ROKERY PIMKIS's corner Alessandro Finotti fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Emmanuel Canturri quite easily take care of the ball. William Rigg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kiran Tomasini having to make a save. 43 minutes into the match, THE ROKERY PIMKIS's goalkeeper Kiran Tomasini had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by William Rigg. After 45 played minutes The Valar got a freekick which was hit by Manwë Vala. When Fernando Morientes came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the THE ROKERY PIMKIS 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 Fernando Morientes couldn't finish the play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Emmanuel Canturri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Morientes, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in THE ROKERY PIMKIS's zone, William Rigg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kiran Tomasini came out of the goal and William Rigg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 62nd minute, Jorge Luna reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Emmanuel Canturri. The goal made the score 2-2. The Valar made a substitution. Aulë Vala replaced Manwë Vala. An unexpectedly hard shot by William Rigg in the 66th minute of play forced THE ROKERY PIMKIS's goalkeeper Kiran Tomasini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. William Rigg scored 3-2 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kiran Tomasini, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. THE ROKERY PIMKIS made a substitution. René Stocker replaced Christian Mastroiacovo. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Nicasio Koldobika was substituted for Matthias Lepage. Kiran Tomasini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from William Rigg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kiran Tomasini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of William Rigg's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. Emmanuel Canturri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Corredor in the 79th minute of play. Emmanuel Canturri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Corredor in the 80th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Jorge Luna kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Emmanuel Canturri. That made the score 3-3 in the 86 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, William Rigg managed to get in a good position for a shot. The Valar's supporters rose to their feet, but William Rigg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kiran Tomasini breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kiran Tomasini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aulë Vala in the 90th minute of the match. In the 91st match minute, THE ROKERY PIMKIS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronny Simmen to maneuver through the defense. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Kiran Tomasini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by William Rigg in the 92nd minute of play. Kiran Tomasini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from William Rigg in the 96th minute of the match. Despite being the better team, THE ROKERY PIMKIS failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.