World League

Diego A. Maradona
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Ivan Bernad made the kick off and thus started the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Zé Bani kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aleksander Engström. That made the score 1-0 in the 4 minute of play. 7 minutes into the match, Metalducks's goalkeeper Aleksander Engström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zé Bani. After 8 minutes, Cosimo Grifoni mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Metalducks and the LTA FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Metalducks's Cosimo Grifoni got a free kick in the 8th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as LTA FC's Zé Bani slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Aleksander Engström. That made the score 2-0 after 9 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, LTA FC's Zé Bani got a free kick in the 11th minute. Torgny Lidberg's late challenge caught a LTA FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Torgny Lidberg helped the player get up and apologised. Torgny Lidberg hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael Lidström in the 15th minute of play forced LTA FC's goalkeeper Dalmacio Ebardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 17th minute, Zé Bani reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aleksander Engström. The goal made the score 3-0. Aleksander Engström was a little too slow when Zé Bani got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 25th minute. The score was now 4-0. With a little luck, Metalducks's Aleksander Engström got control of the ball when Zé Bani tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 29thth minute of the game Zé Bani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Metalducks's Aleksander Engström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aleksander Engström had great luck who in the 29thth minute grab hold of the ball when Zé Bani from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. The referee felt a red card was in order, 30 minutes into the game, when Arvid Jonasson put in a rough tackle. In the 31st minute, Arvid Jonasson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. LTA FC's Godofredo Ermengol shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 31st minute of play. The shot was stopped by Aleksander Engström but with some difficulty. In the 34th minute, Zé Bani reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aleksander Engström. The goal made the score 5-0. In the 37th minute of the match, Ivan Bernad tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Aleksander Engström saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The corner ended in Armando Franco almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Metalducks's Aleksander Engström did a great save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Evren Düden during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 41st match minute, Metalducks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evren Düden to maneuver through the defense. Zé Banis short, quick shot in the 44thth minute got Aleksander Engström to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The throw-in from Tony Modig in the 45th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by LTA FC's David Esiquio. Aleksander Engström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Bernad in the 47th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cosimo Grifoni to make the kick off. Metalducks's Aleksander Engström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Bani in the 51st minute of play. Aleksander Engström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Bani in the 58th minute of the match. With a little luck, LTA FC's Dalmacio Ebardo got control of the ball when Cosimo Grifoni tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 64th match minute, LTA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zé Bani to maneuver through the defense. LTA FC made a substitution. Rodrigo Quintan replaced Ivan Bernad. LTA FC's attentive David Esiquio managed to snatch the ball when Joakim Böcklund made a throw-in in the 68th minute of the game. Tony Modig made in the 70th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by LTA FC's David Esiquio. Aleksander Engström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Bani in the 71st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Metalducks's Ersin Olgun got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Aleksander Engström came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by LTA FC's Rodrigo Quintan. But to his dismay, Rodrigo Quintan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. In the 82nd minute, Zé Bani ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aleksander Engström was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. A collision led to Metalducks getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Torgny Lidberg hit a great ball. Tomás Matai struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Aleksander Engström didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for LTA FC. Aleksander Engström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Bani in the 89th minute of play. In the 91st minute Zé Bani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksander Engström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 96 minutes into the game, Zé Bani cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Aleksander Engström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. There was no doubt that LTA FC were the better team. LTA FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.