World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7792 (Terracing: 5845, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 155) Taisto Pentsinen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Sebastián Saja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Manchester United FC's Sebastián Saja threw himself towards the right post 6 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Davide Beckham, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 12 minutes into the match, A.C ALDO BONZI's goal looked a bit too open when Taisto Pentsinen came free, but Sebastián Saja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute Taisto Pentsinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Saja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Eero Uusipaavalniemi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sebastián Saja. A.C ALDO BONZI's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eero Uusipaavalniemi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 25th minute of the game Aarre Uusiniemi made a throw-in which Davide Beckham played forward. Bilal Mrabet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Edwin van der Sar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, Ramazan Pancareken left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A.C ALDO BONZI fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Pascoal Saraiva's late challenge caught a Manchester United FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pascoal Saraiva helped the player get up and apologised. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pascoal Saraiva in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Edwin van der Sar saved Manchester United FC from getting behind. A.C ALDO BONZI's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alexander Zaccardi in the 43rd minute. Qu Yi was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 46th match minute, Manchester United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aarre Uusiniemi to maneuver through the defense. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramazan Pancareken in the 47th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ramazan Pancareken made a kick off. Edwin van der Sar made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Ramazan Pancareken sent off a good shot on target. 56 minutes into the game, Taisto Pentsinen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Sebastián Saja was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Manchester United FC made a substitution. Jakob Stam replaced Iiro Riksman. After a rather tough play, A.C ALDO BONZI's Ali Demirci got a free kick in the 64th minute. Sebastián Saja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taisto Pentsinen, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Sebastián Saja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Taisto Pentsinen in the 74th minute of play. A.C ALDO BONZI's Sebastián Saja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eero Uusipaavalniemi in the 76th minute of play. Alexander Zaccardi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A.C ALDO BONZI's Eleuterio Orixe was substituted for Timoteo Abreu. Manchester United FC made a substitution. Erik Cantona replaced Taisto Pentsinen. A.C ALDO BONZI's Bruno Beugnet was substituted for Ramazan Pancareken. Sebastián Saja didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valdemar Kuoppala went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. In the 84th minute, Davide Beckham ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sebastián Saja was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Bruno Beugnet kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Edwin van der Sar. That made the score 4-2 in the 87 minute of play. 94 minutes into the match, A.C ALDO BONZI's goal looked a bit too open when Davide Beckham came free, but Sebastián Saja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. For all the effort they put into the match, the A.C ALDO BONZI players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Manchester United FC.