World League

Sami Zübeyr Arena
Spectators: 7805 (Terracing: 5855, Seating: 1795, VIP seats: 155) Harkujärve JK's Waldemar Zalipski started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Harkujärve JK's Ernesto Daniel Justiniano quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Dieter Nisipeanu, made in the 10th minute of the game. Odin Son made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sami Zübeyr in the 15th minute. When Harkujärve JK's Waldemar Zalipski in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Maci -MM-'s goalie prevented a goal. A nice corner shot did that Carcelén Vicente got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tristan Falco quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The throw-in from Dieter Nisipeanu in the 20th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Harkujärve JK's Ernesto Daniel Justiniano. Tristan Falco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Waldemar Zalipski, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 29th minute Bastian Schweinsteiger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Falco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Waldemar Zalipski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Bastian Schweinsteiger's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tristan Falco was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Odin Son showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sami Zübeyr in the 39th minute of the match. When Dieter Nisipeanu fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Maci -MM-'s protests and gave Dieter Nisipeanu a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, FC Maci -MM-'s Dieter Nisipeanu got a free kick in the 44th minute. If Sami Zübeyr had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Odin Son showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sami Zübeyr in the 48th minute of the match. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sami Zübeyr to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Harkujärve JK's goal looked a bit too open when Sami Zübeyr came free, but Odin Son reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eimar Kraut fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tristan Falco having to interfere. Waldemar Zalipski's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 57thth minute, Tristan Falco skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a rather tough play, Harkujärve JK's Ernesto Daniel Justiniano got a free kick in the 60th minute. Harkujärve JK's Yao Chao Qian was substituted for Carcelén Vicente. After 61 played minutes Harkujärve JK got a freekick which was hit by Ernesto Daniel Justiniano. After having played for 68 minutes, Eimar Kraut managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Harkujärve JK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eimar Kraut was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 71st match minute, FC Maci -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Costeiantu to maneuver through the defense. Ernesto Daniel Justiniano hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Tristan Falco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eimar Kraut in the 74th minute of the match. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by Harkujärve JK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rudolf Dombi was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Maci -MM-'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Rudolf Dombi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Odin Son quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Odin Son showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sami Zübeyr, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. 87 minutes into the game, FC Maci -MM-'s Sami Zübeyr nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Odin Son made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 90th minute, Eimar Kraut got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 96 minutes into the match, Anatoly Karpov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Odin Son. Harkujärve JK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anatoly Karpov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Harkujärve JK's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because FC Maci -MM- had won, even though Harkujärve JK had held more of the ball.