World League

Arena Piu Piu
Spectators: 7695 (Terracing: 5772, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Unidade Pinto Louco's Herminio Pere 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brandon Rick in the 2nd minute of play forced Unidade Pinto Louco's goalkeeper Lara Guadalupi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustaw Fafinski stood somewhat misplaced when Herminio Pere came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 5 minute. If 康源军 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Unidade Pinto Louco's Lara Guadalupi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gianni Balla in the 9th minute of play. After some careless play in the Hamburg Fighters defense, Anton Uudikas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gustaw Fafinski. The Hamburg Fighters fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gustaw Fafinski should have stopped the shot. Unidade Pinto Louco's Lara Guadalupi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gianni Balla in the 14th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Dinu Bocu made a precise shot to the right of Lara Guadalupi. Unidade Pinto Louco's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. 20 minutes into the match, Unidade Pinto Louco's goal looked a bit too open when Gianni Balla came free, but Lara Guadalupi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 23 minutes of play, Hamburg Fighters's Gianluca Balla made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lara Guadalupi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gianni Balla in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lara Guadalupi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 27th minute, Chiquinho Leal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Unidade Pinto Louco's Lara Guadalupi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gianni Balla in the 30th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gianni Balla in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lara Guadalupi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Lara Guadalupi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gianluca Balla in the 34th minute of the match. In the 35th match minute, Unidade Pinto Louco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Panait Herea to maneuver through the defense. After 36 played minutes, Hamburg Fighters's Leandros Hölsch shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lara Guadalupi came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Hamburg Fighters reached it. After 38 minutes, Gianni Balla made it 2-3 with a short kick to the right side. Unidade Pinto Louco's Lara Guadalupi tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Panait Herea got free with Gustaw Fafinski in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 45th minute, Gianni Balla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lara Guadalupi was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. After the first half Hamburg Fighters were leading 2-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gianni Balla to make the kick off. In the 51st minute Gianni Balla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lara Guadalupi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hamburg Fighters's Gustaw Fafinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Panait Herea in the 53rd minute of play. Hamburg Fighters's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gianni Balla in the 56th minute. Gianni Balla made a great header on Hamburg Fighters's corner, it was just that Unidade Pinto Louco's Lara Guadalupi managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gianluca Balla got free with Lara Guadalupi in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 60th minute of the match, Gianni Balla tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Lara Guadalupi saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 61st minute Hamburg Fighters were awarded a corner. Gianni Balla went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Hamburg Fighters's Valerian Podlich getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 63rd minute, Elizardo Guerrez 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. With his leg Lara Guadalupi managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when Hamburg Fighters's Gianluca Balla fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Gianluca Balla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lara Guadalupi having to interfere. Lara Guadalupi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gianni Balla in the 68th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, 康源军 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gustaw Fafinski. Hamburg Fighters's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 康源军 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-4. 76 minutes into the game, Hamburg Fighters's Gianluca Balla nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lara Guadalupi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-5. Unidade Pinto Louco made a substitution. Radomil Golota replaced 康源军. Lara Guadalupi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianni Balla, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Gianluca Balla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lara Guadalupi having to interfere. When Dinu Bocu came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Hamburg Fighters 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 Dinu Bocu couldn't finish the play. Gustaw Fafinski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herminio Pere in the 90th minute of the match. A collision led to Hamburg Fighters getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Brandon Rick hit a great ball. Hamburg Fighters played a much better game than Unidade Pinto Louco and deserved their victory. The Unidade Pinto Louco players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.