World League

Mancini Arena
Spectators: 7756 (Terracing: 5819, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Medoacus Maior's Miguel Tristan 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. 4 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's Bozhil Vaptzarov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Biagio Tolin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 9 minutes into the match, Bozhil Vaptzarov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Biagio Tolin, 1-0. Medoacus Maior's Biagio Tolin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Medoacus Maior from getting a goal against them. 17 minutes into the match, Medoacus Maior's goalkeeper Biagio Tolin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kadir Celilay. Miguel Tristan spun around in front of the goal 20 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of U.D. Mancini's goal. A collision led to Medoacus Maior getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Devis Tolin hit a great ball. Biagio Tolin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 24th minute of the match. Gonsalve Flores made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Urtungo Verdejo in the 25th minute of play. Gonsalve Flores made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Tristan in the 29th minute of play. After a rather tough play, U.D. Mancini's Rudolf Esken got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 37th minute Diego Barresi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gonsalve Flores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Biagio Tolin made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Bozhil Vaptzarov sent off a good shot on target. U.D. Mancini's Gonsalve Flores played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Tristan in the 40th minute of play. Corrado Piscopo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 46 minutes of play, U.D. Mancini's Bozhil Vaptzarov made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Biagio Tolin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bozhil Vaptzarov to make the kick off. Biagio Tolin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kadir Celilay in the 53rd minute of the match. Gonsalve Flores took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Tristan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U.D. Mancini's Gonsalve Flores proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save U.D. Mancini from getting a goal against them. Miguel Tristan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gonsalve Flores read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. Gonsalve Flores was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Miguel Tristan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-1 in the 63 minute of play. Biagio Tolin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 67th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Miguel Tristan notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of U.D. Mancini's Gonsalve Flores. Gonsalve Flores was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. U.D. Mancini made a substitution. Agustín Pedrosa replaced Kadir Celilay. Medoacus Maior's Fausto Fontanive was substituted for Cristiano Leggeri. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 79th minute of play forced Medoacus Maior's goalkeeper Biagio Tolin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Corrado Piscopo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gonsalve Flores having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Medoacus Maior's Gonsalve Flores threw himself towards the right post 86 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Miguel Tristan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a rather tough play, Medoacus Maior's Edmondo Grimaldi got a free kick in the 88th minute. After 89 played minutes, U.D. Mancini's Bozhil Vaptzarov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Biagio Tolin 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 U.D. Mancini reached it. Bozhil Vaptzarov struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Biagio Tolin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U.D. Mancini. Bozhil Vaptzarov might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Biagio Tolin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bozhil Vaptzarov ran back to his position shaking his head. 94 minutes into the match, Medoacus Maior's goal looked a bit too open when Bozhil Vaptzarov came free, but Biagio Tolin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U.D. Mancini's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.