World League

XMAS park
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Enzo Alfonsi started the match with the kick off. λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's Eric Skagen quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Alessandro Vettori, made in the 4th minute of the game. Rodolfo Gerber might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dennis Urbani. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rodolfo Gerber ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodolfo Gerber in the 5th minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Dennis Urbani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alessandro Vettori made in the 6th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Comunardo Paoletti however managed to control. 14 minutes into the match, Rodolfo Gerber had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dennis Urbani. XMAS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rodolfo Gerber was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Rodolfo Gerber blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dennis Urbani having to make a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rodolfo Gerber in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dennis Urbani saved XMAS from getting behind. After 25 minutes XMAS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bresal McPhil who took care of the corner kick. After some careless play in the XMAS defense, Rodolfo Gerber kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dennis Urbani. The XMAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dennis Urbani should have stopped the shot. Dennis Urbani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rodolfo Gerber's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. Valentin Laurendi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Dennis Urbani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 47th minute, Rodolfo Gerber made a precise shot to the right of Dennis Urbani. XMAS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's Allan Alagoano was substituted for Fryderyk Misiewicz. λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's Cabbar Suda was substituted for Horacio Nuñez. λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's Abelardo Koehler was substituted for Rodolfo Gerber. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The wind increased when Abelardo Koehler made the kick off in the second half. XMAS's defense didn't have a chance, in the 54th minute, when Abelardo Koehler scored to the left of an out of position Dennis Urbani, making the score, 0-6. Alessandro Vettori made in the 59th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Angelo Pallotta immediately put the ball in play. Eugenio Casiraghi got a throw-in 66 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Alvaro Marinucci. The crowd rose to their feet as λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's Abelardo Koehler slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dennis Urbani. That made the score 0-7 after 67 minutes of play. In the 82nd minute Abelardo Koehler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dennis Urbani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dennis Urbani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abelardo Koehler in the 85th minute of play. In the 88th minute, Abelardo Koehler made a precise shot to the right of Dennis Urbani. XMAS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-9. Abelardo Koehler scored 0-10 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dennis Urbani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the XMAS defense, Abelardo Koehler kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dennis Urbani. The XMAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dennis Urbani should have stopped the shot. λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.