World League

Stadion Ardappen
Spectators: 7751 (Terracing: 5815, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mateo Palacio kicked off to start the match. Napoleon Jajko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domenico Marchetti, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 9th minute, Mateo Palacio 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. Tolek Wojtyna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cláudio-André Taffarel having to interfere. Cláudio-André Taffarel made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Mateo Palacio sent off a good shot on target. In the 17thth minute of the game Ernest Legg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zjem Cię's Napoleon Jajko was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 20th minute, Zjem Cię's Mateo Palacio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. 22 minutes into the match, F. C. Solitario's goal looked a bit too open when Mateo Palacio came free, but Cláudio-André Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mateo Palacio's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Cláudio-André Taffarel firmly grabbed it by the left post. Cláudio-André Taffarel was a little too slow when Mateo Palacio got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 25th minute. The score was now 2-0. With a little luck, F. C. Solitario's Cláudio-André Taffarel got control of the ball when Mateo Palacio tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cláudio-André Taffarel made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Ciriaco Emenon sent off a good shot on target. 41 minutes into the match, F. C. Solitario's goalkeeper Cláudio-André Taffarel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ciriaco Emenon. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Ciriaco Emenon took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cláudio-André Taffarel. Cláudio-André Taffarel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernest Legg in the 57th minute of play forced Zjem Cię's goalkeeper Napoleon Jajko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Celso Gaitano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Napoleon Jajko made a huge save. Mateo Palacio might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cláudio-André Taffarel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mateo Palacio ran back to his position shaking his head. Cláudio-André Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mateo Palacio in the 61st minute of play. Cláudio-André Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciriaco Emenon in the 64th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, F. C. Solitario's goal looked a bit too open when Mateo Palacio came free, but Cláudio-André Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. F. C. Solitario's Cláudio-André Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciriaco Emenon in the 69th minute of play. Zjem Cię's Iwo Cwynar was substituted for Murillo Cedeno. 78 minutes into the game, Rodrigo Rioja was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. F. C. Solitario's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zjem Cię the free kick. The supporters of Zjem Cię booed when F. C. Solitario was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodrigo Rioja didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Mateo Palacio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zjem Cię's supporters rose to their feet, but Mateo Palacio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cláudio-André Taffarel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 83 minutes in the game Evelio Cisco did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Ernest Legg. Zjem Cię's Napoleon Jajko proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Zjem Cię from getting a goal against them. F. C. Solitario's Cláudio-André Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateo Palacio in the 92nd minute of play. Zjem Cię's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.