World League

Winchester
Spectators: 7593 (Terracing: 5696, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) TiGrEs Fx's Gilberto Rancaño started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Maciej Mielcarz was out of position in the 5 minute of play, and Gilberto Rancaño capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gilberto Rancaño really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gilberto Rancaño got free with Maciej Mielcarz in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 11 minutes into the match, TiGrEs Fx's goal looked a bit too open when Barnaba Fedosz came free, but Franc Merlot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Gilberto Rancaño dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Maciej Mielcarz, 2-0. If Gilberto Rancaño had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Franc Merlot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Barnaba Fedosz in the 24th minute of the match. In the 26thth minute of the game Gilberto Rancaño who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bezek's Maciej Mielcarz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 28 minutes into the match, Gilberto Rancaño notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Bezek's Maciej Mielcarz. Maciej Mielcarz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Facundo Chant hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. With his leg Maciej Mielcarz managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when TiGrEs Fx's Gilberto Rancaño fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Gilberto Rancaño blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Maciej Mielcarz having to make a save. After having played for 47 minutes, Gilberto Rancaño managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TiGrEs Fx's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gilberto Rancaño was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Barnaba Fedosz to strike the kick off in the second half. Krzysztof Logewnik could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Franc Merlot made a huge save. Krzysztof Logewnik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Franc Merlot having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Joaquim Matute managed to get in a good position for a shot. TiGrEs Fx's supporters rose to their feet, but Joaquim Matute was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Maciej Mielcarz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Bezek's Maciej Mielcarz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilberto Rancaño in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bezek's goalkeeper Maciej Mielcarz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 67th minute Krzysztof Logewnik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franc Merlot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilberto Rancaño in the 72nd minute of play forced Bezek's goalkeeper Maciej Mielcarz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute, Gilberto Rancaño left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TiGrEs Fx fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. After some careless play in the Bezek defense, Gilberto Rancaño kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Maciej Mielcarz. The Bezek fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Maciej Mielcarz should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barnaba Fedosz in the 86th minute of play forced TiGrEs Fx's goalkeeper Franc Merlot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Gilberto Rancaño had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maciej Mielcarz. Bezek's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gilberto Rancaño was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. TiGrEs Fx fully deserved thier win.