World League

Hollywood Bowl
Spectators: 7764 (Terracing: 5824, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alan Said made the kick off which started today's match. Louis Naudi kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. In the 5th minute, Andrézinho Dracena 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. In the 9th minute Jean Carl Cassar Torreggiani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iuri Law saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, FC Hollywood's goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Ekelund came free, but Iuri Law reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iuri Law showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Ekelund in the 18th minute of the match. Iuri Law showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastian Ekelund, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. If Andrézinho Dracena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 21 minutes into the match, Attard Gunners's goalkeeper Jay Jowsey had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andrézinho Dracena. Iuri Law made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Ekelund in the 26th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sebastian Ekelund in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Iuri Law saved FC Hollywood from getting behind. In the 32nd minute, Sebastian Ekelund ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Iuri Law was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 35 minutes in the game Glenn Bailey did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Sebastian Ekelund. In the 38th minute of the match Attard Gunners got a corner. FC Hollywood's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Godwin Sapiano ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Godwin Sapiano almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Hollywood's Iuri Law did a great save. Elias Pätzold hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Andrézinho Dracena made the kick off in the second half. Andrézinho Dracena took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jay Jowsey. Jay Jowsey dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Andrézinho Dracena might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jay Jowsey. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Andrézinho Dracena ran back to his position shaking his head. Jay Jowsey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrézinho Dracena in the 59th minute of play. With a little luck, FC Hollywood's Iuri Law got control of the ball when Jean Carl Cassar Torreggiani tried to sneak it across the goal line. Attard Gunners's Jay Jowsey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrézinho Dracena in the 73rd minute of play. 74 minutes into the game, one of FC Hollywood:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Tomas Nisio was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 78 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute, one of FC Hollywood:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC Hollywood. FC Hollywood's Iuri Law proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save FC Hollywood from getting a goal against them. Jay Jowsey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hu Xing Yin in the 98th minute of play.