World League

Acilia Arena
Spectators: 7584 (Terracing: 5689, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Erenay Gazel made the kick off which started today's match. Tue Chytka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liang Cai in the 3rd minute of play. ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dalibor Král in the 12th minute. Liang Cai sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tue Chytka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liang Cai, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Liang Cai blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tue Chytka having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liang Cai in the 17th minute of play forced ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s goalkeeper Tue Chytka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Acilia Town's Ciro Moscatelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dalibor Král in the 20th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Liang Cai's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tue Chytka was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Erenay Gazel in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ciro Moscatelli saved Acilia Town from getting behind. 25 minutes into the match, Acilia Town's Liang Cai sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tue Chytka narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 31 minutes into the match, Liang Cai had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tue Chytka. ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Liang Cai was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Jorge Ramos struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Tue Chytka didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Acilia Town. 36 minutes into the match, Dalibor Král had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ciro Moscatelli. Acilia Town's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dalibor Král was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oliver Machek in the 40th minute of play forced Acilia Town's goalkeeper Ciro Moscatelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tue Chytka stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Liang Cai's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Acilia Town's Alvaro Recoba was substituted for Jorge Ramos. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Liang Cai to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the game, one of ⚽Aston Punat⚽:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. ⚽Aston Punat⚽:s Tue Chytka showed great skill when he stopped Liang Cai:s penalty. 55 minutes into the match, Liang Cai notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s Tue Chytka. Tue Chytka was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 58th minute, Tiaguinho Donatello hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of ⚽Aston Punat⚽ booed when Acilia Town was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fidel Illan didn't get a good kick on the ball. 64 minutes in the game Dalibor Král after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Ciro Moscatelli. A very good opportunity. Liang Cai received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Tue Chytka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70th minute, Dalibor Král made a precise shot to the right of Ciro Moscatelli. Acilia Town's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. After 74 played minutes Acilia Town got a freekick which was hit by Liang Cai. The audience was convinced that Liang Cai's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tue Chytka was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Erenay Gazel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Ciro Moscatelli made a huge save. In the 86th minute ⚽Aston Punat⚽ were awarded a corner. Dalibor Král went to the cornerflag to take it. Tue Chytka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dieguinho Tande, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elias Matsson struck a weak shot in the 97th minute. Ciro Moscatelli didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ⚽Aston Punat⚽.