World League

Budino Arena
Spectators: 7741 (Terracing: 5807, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mateo Palacio got the match started through his kick off. 8 minutes into the match, Zjem Cię's goal looked a bit too open when Kleanthis Zoumakis came free, but Napoleon Jajko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the game, Liu Ying Qing threw the ball into play from the sideline. Zjem Cię's Miroslaw Cichowski quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Napoleon Jajko was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Davide Rinaldi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 20 minute of play. Kleanthis Zoumakis was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 25th minute. Herta Budino's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Davide Rinaldi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Napoleon Jajko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateo Palacio in the 28th minute of play forced Herta Budino's goalkeeper Fortunato Sangermano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 37th minute of the game. One of Zjem Cię:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Herta Budino:s goal. The goalkeeper, Napoleon Jajko, was totally fooled by Herta Budino's Davide Rinaldi, who 38 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Zjem Cię's Napoleon Jajko proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Zjem Cię from getting a goal against them. If Mateo Palacio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Davide Rinaldi made a kick off. Herta Budino's Liu Ying Qing quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Miroslaw Cichowski, made in the 53rd minute of the game. Napoleon Jajko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kleanthis Zoumakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Napoleon Jajko came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Herta Budino's Davide Rinaldi. But to his dismay, Davide Rinaldi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Zjem Cię's Iwo Cwynar was substituted for Murillo Cedeno. After having played for 66 minutes, Mateo Palacio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zjem Cię's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mateo Palacio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Davide Rinaldi in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Napoleon Jajko prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Napoleon Jajko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Davide Rinaldi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Napoleon Jajko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kleanthis Zoumakis in the 74th minute of play. Napoleon Jajko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Davide Rinaldi in the 77th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Zjem Cię's Fortunato Sangermano threw himself towards the right post 82 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Mateo Palacio, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Napoleon Jajko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Davide Rinaldi in the 84th minute of play. Mateo Palacio might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fortunato Sangermano. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mateo Palacio ran back to his position shaking his head. Zjem Cię made a substitution. Franciszek Mirowski replaced Miroslaw Cichowski. Kleanthis Zoumakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the Zjem Cię players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Herta Budino.