World League

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tadeo Frichoso kicked off to start the match. Viggo Lundkvist came free with the goalkeeper in the 2nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Epifanio Boniel could save by the left post. Grütly's Epifanio Boniel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Grütly from getting a goal against them. 8 minutes into the match, Grütly's goal looked a bit too open when Jonatan Skräddare came free, but Epifanio Boniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute Olof Högström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Epifanio Boniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner led to Eleven Nation Army's Senthil Suşu getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 18thth minute of the game Tadeo Frichoso who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Eleven Nation Army's Qian Xing Wei was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Grütly's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Guido Olentzaro in the 19th minute. The corner led to Grütly's Esteve Selmo getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Qian Xing Wei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Gabrio in the 21st minute of play. Epifanio Boniel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Viggo Lundkvist in the 23rd minute. Olof Högström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Epifanio Boniel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Epifanio Boniel made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Viggo Lundkvist sent off a good shot on target. Qian Xing Wei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tadeo Frichoso in the 29th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the match, Eleven Nation Army's goal looked a bit too open when Tadeo Frichoso came free, but Qian Xing Wei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 30 minutes, Alejandro Marin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Grütly and the Eleven Nation Army players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Grütly's Alejandro Marin got a free kick in the 30th minute. 35 minutes into the match, Grütly's goal looked a bit too open when Olof Högström came free, but Epifanio Boniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Gabrio in the 37th minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Qian Xing Wei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Eleven Nation Army's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guido Olentzaro was slow to take the kick. During this time Grütly's players had a chance to rest. In the 40th minute, Olof Högström 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. In the 43rd minute, one of Grütly:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Grütly. Epifanio Boniel had in the 44thth minute some difficulties stopping Viggo Lundkvist's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. With an all-out effort, Eleven Nation Army's Epifanio Boniel threw himself towards the right post 45 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Olof Högström, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Qian Xing Wei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tadeo Frichoso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 48 played minutes Olof Högström rounded Grütly's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Viggo Lundkvist to make the kick off. Viggo Lundkvist took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Epifanio Boniel. Epifanio Boniel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Epifanio Boniel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viggo Lundkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Helge Brun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 69th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Viggo Lundkvist scored 4-0 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Epifanio Boniel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Grütly's Epifanio Boniel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viggo Lundkvist in the 82nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cecilio Mirande in the 86th minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Qian Xing Wei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esteve Selmo kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Eleven Nation Army's goal looked a bit too open when Elpidio Gabrio came free, but Qian Xing Wei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.