World League

NINHO de CUCOS
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zalán Kovács made the kick off which started today's match. Marciano Eskuin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Csongor Csorba's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. András Horváth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Avantas Jado in the 4th minute of play. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Arrebimba o Malho SLB's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zénó Polgár was slow to take the kick. During this time Szajk LC's players had a chance to rest. Zalán Kovács received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Marciano Eskuin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 21 minutes, András Horváth successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. When the match clock showed 22 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Zalán Kovács sped through Arrebimba o Malho SLB's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marciano Eskuin. The throw-in from Edelmiro Eladio in the 26th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Szajk LC's Zénó Polgár. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zalán Kovács in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marciano Eskuin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Zalán Kovács put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Marciano Eskuin. Csongor Csorba blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marciano Eskuin having to make a save. Csongor Csorba hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 41stth minute of the game Zalán Kovács who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Marciano Eskuin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 43rd minute Olavo Eiró shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but András Horváth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Szajk LC getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Zénó Polgár hit a great ball. Zalán Kovács fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marciano Eskuin having to interfere. With a little luck, Szajk LC's András Horváth got control of the ball when Avantas Jado tried to sneak it across the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olavo Eiró stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Szajk LC's Csongor Csorba in 56 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Marciano Eskuin guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Zalán Kovács received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Marciano Eskuin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. András Horváth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olavo Eiró, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marciano Eskuin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zalán Kovács in the 61st minute of the match. In the 64th minute Olavo Eiró shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but András Horváth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute Zalán Kovács shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marciano Eskuin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Szajk LC's Levente Makkai was substituted for Zalán Kovács. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maxim Tilea in the 72nd minute of play forced Szajk LC's goalkeeper András Horváth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zsolt Nagy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Marciano Eskuin made a huge save. Marciano Eskuin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Levente Makkai went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Levente Makkai's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marciano Eskuin was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Levente Makkai sped through Arrebimba o Malho SLB's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marciano Eskuin. With his leg Marciano Eskuin managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when Szajk LC's Levente Makkai fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. András Horváth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Quim Barreiros, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. The supporters of Szajk LC booed when Arrebimba o Malho SLB was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edelmiro Eladio didn't get a good kick on the ball.