World League

Tiger Sports Arena
Spectators: 7624 (Terracing: 5719, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Feridun Eronat started the match with the kick off. A collision led to FC Amsterdam Wanderers getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Halvdan Strømsvåg hit a great ball. Wesley Rush was out of position in the 7 minute of play, and Gaizka Mendieta capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gaizka Mendieta really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Ethan Tisdale charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ethan Tisdale the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Christo Bothenhain, 10 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Amsterdam Wanderers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Christo Bothenhain was slow to take the kick. During this time Tiger's players had a chance to rest. FC Amsterdam Wanderers's Wesley Rush proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save FC Amsterdam Wanderers from getting a goal against them. Wesley Rush made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Louis Leißner in the 20th minute of play. FC Amsterdam Wanderers's defense didn't have a chance, in the 21st minute, when Louis Leißner scored to the left of an out of position Wesley Rush, making the score, 2-1. Wesley Rush made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iwo Sawicki in the 24th minute of play. Wesley Rush showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pentti Ojala, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 26th minute, Tiger's Iwo Sawicki dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. FC Amsterdam Wanderers's Wesley Rush proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save FC Amsterdam Wanderers from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, FC Amsterdam Wanderers's Wesley Rush got control of the ball when Christo Bothenhain tried to sneak it across the goal line. FC Amsterdam Wanderers's Wesley Rush played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwo Sawicki in the 34th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Iwo Sawicki took a quick shot and it went in 4-1 without a chance for Wesley Rush to make any attempt to save it. Wesley Rush took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iwo Sawicki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute, Pentti Ojala reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Wesley Rush. The goal made the score 5-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Iwo Sawicki stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Wesley Rush stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iwo Sawicki's shot from short distance in the 51st minute. Wesley Rush showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pentti Ojala, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd minute Gaizka Mendieta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wesley Rush saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 55 minutes into the match, FC Amsterdam Wanderers's goal looked a bit too open when Pentti Ojala came free, but Wesley Rush reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Iwo Sawicki in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wesley Rush prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Wesley Rush took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pentti Ojala, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 61 minutes into the match, Iwo Sawicki notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of FC Amsterdam Wanderers's Wesley Rush. Wesley Rush was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 66th play minutes Pentti Ojala shot 7-1, a short shot which went by Wesley Rush and just under the crossbar into goal. Tiger's Ingo Ustorf was substituted for Rudolf Speed. FC Amsterdam Wanderers's Wesley Rush played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukas Wurm in the 79th minute of play. After some careless play in the FC Amsterdam Wanderers defense, Louis Leißner kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wesley Rush. The FC Amsterdam Wanderers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wesley Rush should have stopped the shot. Tiger's Marten Weise was substituted for Iwo Sawicki. In the 87th minute, Marten Weise left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tiger fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-1. Louis Leißner scored 10-1 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wesley Rush, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.