World League

Solitario
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rareș Nicola made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI booed when F. C. Solitario was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Romero didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cláudio-André Taffarel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jindřich Benc's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. In the 12th minute, Rareș Nicola ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cláudio-André Taffarel was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Peter Schmeichel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI from getting a goal against them. Cláudio-André Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jindřich Benc, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernest Legg in the 21st minute of play forced FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cláudio-André Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rareș Nicola in the 24th minute of the match. In the 28th minute Rareș Nicola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cláudio-André Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, F. C. Solitario's goal looked a bit too open when Rareș Nicola came free, but Cláudio-André Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jindřich Benc in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cláudio-André Taffarel saved F. C. Solitario from getting behind. Rareș Nicola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Peter Schmeichel got control of the ball when Qian Yan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cláudio-André Taffarel didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Bernardo Casciano shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. After a rather tough play, F. C. Solitario's Cristian Romero got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Peter Schmeichel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Vollmar in the 45th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

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 Rareș Nicola in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jindřich Benc in the 63rd minute of play forced F. C. Solitario's goalkeeper Cláudio-André Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 71 minutes, Cláudio-André Taffarel successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celso Gaitano in the 78th minute of play forced FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. F. C. Solitario's defense didn't have a chance, in the 79th minute, when Rareș Nicola scored to the left of an out of position Cláudio-André Taffarel, making the score, 0-4. Cláudio-André Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jindřich Benc in the 82nd minute of play. Rareș Nicola might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cláudio-André Taffarel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rareș Nicola ran back to his position shaking his head. 86 minutes into the match, F. C. Solitario's goal looked a bit too open when Guo Yu Cheng came free, but Cláudio-André Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes had been played when some careless play by F. C. Solitario's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guo Yu Cheng was slow to take the kick. During this time FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's players had a chance to rest. Peter Schmeichel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thomas Vollmar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than F. C. Solitario throughout the match.