World League

TRAFFIC ARENA
Spectators: 7698 (Terracing: 5775, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristo Basajaun took the kick off in the first half of the match. A hard shot 13 in the game by Gerardo Claus from a close distance when the talented Ciriaco Macias managed to make a qualified save. C.A.Independiente's players were relieved. TRAFFIC FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Panagiotis Baltas in the 14th minute. A nice corner shot did that Panagiotis Baltas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ciriaco Macias quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Indiana Jones recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gerardo Claus received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Ciriaco Macias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 25 minutes into the match, C.A.Independiente's goal looked a bit too open when Panagiotis Baltas came free, but Ciriaco Macias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rostislav Kulichev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Indiana Jones, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Rostislav Kulichev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristo Basajaun, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 29th minute, TRAFFIC FC's Gerardo Claus dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. With his leg Ciriaco Macias managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when TRAFFIC FC's Gerardo Claus fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Indiana Jones took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rostislav Kulichev. Rostislav Kulichev 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. Ciriaco Macias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gerardo Claus in the 43rd minute. Gerardo Claus could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Ciriaco Macias made a huge save. TRAFFIC FC were awarded a corner in the 47th minute after C.A.Independiente's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Panagiotis Baltas took the corner. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gerardo Claus was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Gerardo Claus's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciriaco Macias was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Gerardo Claus put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ciriaco Macias. The audience was convinced that Gerardo Claus's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciriaco Macias was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. In the 62ndth minute of the game Gerardo Claus who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C.A.Independiente's Ciriaco Macias was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. C.A.Independiente's Cristo Basajaun got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Gerardo Claus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, TRAFFIC FC's Valko Koshov got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind C.A.Independiente's goalkeeper Ciriaco Macias, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Garth Basham kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Heigo Luiga could shoot a difficult shot in the 78th minute, which Rostislav Kulichev however easily saved by the left post. Gerardo Claus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciriaco Macias having to interfere. Gerardo Claus might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ciriaco Macias. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gerardo Claus ran back to his position shaking his head. The referee felt a red card was in order, 85 minutes into the game, when 汪渊国 put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 85th minute of the game. One of C.A.Independiente:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of TRAFFIC FC:s goal. The audience was convinced that Gerardo Claus's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciriaco Macias was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Ciriaco Macias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerardo Claus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute, Gerardo Claus left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TRAFFIC FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. In the 97th minute, Gerardo Claus made a precise shot to the right of Ciriaco Macias. C.A.Independiente's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-1. TRAFFIC FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of C.A.Independiente for a fine match.