World League

Hooters HeavenlyHome
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Moises Nesor made the kick off which started today's match. Jake Grayson made in the 7th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Brandon Wright. With a little luck, Głodni z Natury 21's Humberto Reyes got control of the ball when Pedro Luiz de Moraes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Grzegorz Biraga might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lennie Rusby. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Grzegorz Biraga ran back to his position shaking his head. Lennie Rusby made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grzegorz Biraga in the 14th minute of play. A collision led to Głodni z Natury 21 getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Silver Rehepap hit a great ball. Xie Xiang Guo scored 0-2 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lennie Rusby, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 36th minute Xie Xiang Guo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lennie Rusby saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 40 minutes into the game, Głodni z Natury 21's Grzegorz Biraga nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lennie Rusby made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. After a rather tough play, Heavenly Hooters's Jake Grayson got a free kick in the 43rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Nesor in the 44th minute of play forced Heavenly Hooters's goalkeeper Lennie Rusby to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute, Pedro Luiz de Moraes reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Humberto Reyes. The goal made the score 1-3. After the first half Głodni z Natury 21 were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Todd Griffiths stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Humberto Reyes came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Heavenly Hooters's Pedro Luiz de Moraes. But to his dismay, Pedro Luiz de Moraes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. Lennie Rusby made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xie Xiang Guo in the 58th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Heavenly Hooters's goalkeeper Lennie Rusby had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Grzegorz Biraga. After 63 minutes of play, Heavenly Hooters's Pedro Luiz de Moraes made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Humberto Reyes was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Heavenly Hooters's Jake Grayson got a free kick in the 68th minute. Głodni z Natury 21 made a substitution. Bernard Sierocki replaced Moises Nesor. Jake Grayson kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. 70 minutes into the match, Grzegorz Biraga had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lennie Rusby. Heavenly Hooters's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Grzegorz Biraga was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-4. Humberto Reyes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saverio Ribeiro in the 73rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Głodni z Natury 21's Sven-Arne Karlberg got a free kick in the 77th minute. Heavenly Hooters made a substitution. Todd Connery replaced Pedro Luiz de Moraes. Heavenly Hooters's Kevin Byrne was substituted for Adrian Collier. 79 minutes into the match, Heavenly Hooters's Saverio Ribeiro broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. In the 82nd minute Antônio Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lennie Rusby saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Todd Griffiths left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Heavenly Hooters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-4. In the 93rd match minute, Heavenly Hooters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Todd Connery to maneuver through the defense. Lennie Rusby showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xie Xiang Guo in the 96th minute of the match. Despite being the better team, Heavenly Hooters failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.