World League

The Clapham Oval
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Clapham Rovers's Cléberson Mendonça 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. 2 minutes into the match, Danko Fuchs had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ennio Orsini. Clapham Rovers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Danko Fuchs was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Cléberson Mendonça was extremely unlucky when he, in the 7th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Ennio Orsini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aristides Domenec in the 10th minute of the match. A collision led to Clapham Rovers getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Cléberson Mendonça hit a great ball. Ennio Orsini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aristides Domenec in the 12th minute of the match. Ennio Orsini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thor Eriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Cléberson Mendonça sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Clapham Rovers's zone, Cyprian Gierlach stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ennio Orsini came out of the goal and Cyprian Gierlach tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 26th minute, Aristides Domenec made a precise shot to the right of Ennio Orsini. Clapham Rovers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. 32 minutes into the match, Cyprian Gierlach notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Clapham Rovers's Ennio Orsini. Ennio Orsini was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ennio Orsini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thor Eriksson in the 36th minute of play. Clapham Rovers's Ennio Orsini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyprian Gierlach in the 47th minute of play. The Clapham Rovers players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Vershina ESPN were winning 0-4.

The wind increased when Cyprian Gierlach made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Aristides Domenec reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ennio Orsini. The goal made the score 0-5. Ennio Orsini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyprian Gierlach, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Thor Eriksson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ennio Orsini came out and tried to block the shot, but Thor Eriksson slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 64th minute. 67 minutes into the game, Cyprian Gierlach cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Ennio Orsini was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cyprian Gierlach in the 70th minute of play forced Clapham Rovers's goalkeeper Ennio Orsini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Cléberson Mendonça fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Clapham Rovers's protests and gave Cléberson Mendonça a yellow card for diving instead. After 73 played minutes Clapham Rovers got a freekick which was hit by Cléberson Mendonça. Clapham Rovers's Jools Holland was substituted for Cléberson Mendonça. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of João Francisco Toscano's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. In the 85th minute, Shelton Cho made a precise shot to the right of Ennio Orsini. Clapham Rovers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. Ennio Orsini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danko Fuchs, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Ennio Orsini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cyprian Gierlach in the 89th minute of play. 94 minutes into the match, Clapham Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Cyprian Gierlach came free, but Ennio Orsini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 96th minute, Aristides Domenec ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ennio Orsini was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. When the match was over FC Vershina ESPN could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Clapham Rovers throughout the match.