World League

MOL ARENA
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Juli Alvarez got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd match minute, FC DAC 1904 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dušan Ferenčík to maneuver through the defense. 4 minutes into the match, Gasoleros FC's Facundo Mardell sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Radoslav Zobor narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Radoslav Zobor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Bale, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Gasoleros FC's Ignacio Iban proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Gasoleros FC from getting a goal against them. FC DAC 1904's Vladislav Kuba got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ignacio Iban showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juli Alvarez in the 14th minute of the match. Ignacio Iban was out of position in the 15 minute of play, and Vladislav Kuba capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Vladislav Kuba really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. With a little luck, Gasoleros FC's Ignacio Iban got control of the ball when Vladislav Kuba tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Christian Bale's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Radoslav Zobor was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Gasoleros FC's Ignacio Iban played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juli Alvarez in the 32nd minute of play. Ignacio Iban showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ctibor Sepeši, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Ctibor Sepeši scored 2-0 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ignacio Iban, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Radoslav Zobor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Facundo Mardell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ctibor Sepeši fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ignacio Iban having to interfere. Thanks to some nice moves Vladislav Kuba could shoot a difficult shot in the 45th minute, which Ignacio Iban however easily saved by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Bale in the 47th minute of play forced FC DAC 1904's goalkeeper Radoslav Zobor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Christian Bale stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Gasoleros FC were awarded a corner. Facundo Mardell went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Gasoleros FC's corner Facundo Mardell fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Radoslav Zobor quite easily take care of the ball. Ignacio Iban took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladislav Kuba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gasoleros FC's Ignacio Iban played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ctibor Sepeši in the 58th minute of play. FC DAC 1904's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vincent Dzurinda in the 60th minute. FC DAC 1904's Vincent Dzurinda was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ignacio Iban in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Vladislav Kuba managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC DAC 1904's supporters rose to their feet, but Vladislav Kuba was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ignacio Iban breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marek Horváth charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marek Horváth the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC DAC 1904 getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Marek Horváth hit a great ball. After 66 played minutes Gasoleros FC got a freekick which was hit by Lucas Burutzagi. Ctibor Sepeši's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ignacio Iban read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Peter Černý 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. Vladislav Kuba fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ignacio Iban having to interfere. If Peter Černý had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 78 minutes of play, FC DAC 1904's Erik Alakša made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ignacio Iban was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Ctibor Sepeši came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the FC DAC 1904 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ctibor Sepeši couldn't finish the play. Gasoleros FC's Ignacio Iban played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juli Alvarez in the 82nd minute of play. Ctibor Sepeši kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. FC DAC 1904's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vincent Dzurinda in the 88th minute. Ignacio Iban showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juli Alvarez in the 89th minute of the match. The supporters of FC DAC 1904 booed when Gasoleros FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilberto Guerrero didn't get a good kick on the ball. 93 minutes into the game, Juli Alvarez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Ignacio Iban was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. FC DAC 1904's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.