World League

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 7651 (Terracing: 5740, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) Stowe City's Niles Crane 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. 4 minutes into the game, Niles Crane cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Facundo Altamirano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Reiner Sørrig got free with Kaj Helström in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Maravilla's Facundo Altamirano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niles Crane in the 22nd minute of play. If Niles Crane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kaj Helström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cruz Credo in the 31st minute of the match. A collision led to Stowe City getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Nathaniel Orlinsky hit a great ball. Facundo Altamirano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niles Crane in the 43rd minute of play. A collision led to Maravilla getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Elias Figueroa hit a great ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Godofredo Marin to strike the kick off in the second half. Maravilla's Facundo Altamirano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by İsmail Pekşen in the 52nd minute of play. Kaj Helström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cruz Credo in the 62nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nemanja Vidić in the 68th minute of play forced Stowe City's goalkeeper Kaj Helström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cruz Credo in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kaj Helström saved Stowe City from getting behind. Facundo Altamirano made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Niles Crane sent off a good shot on target. Maravilla's Facundo Altamirano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Maravilla from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by İsmail Pekşen in the 75th minute of play forced Maravilla's goalkeeper Facundo Altamirano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maravilla's Mohamed Salah was substituted for Reiner Sørrig. Nathaniel Orlinsky kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. After 77 played minutes, Maravilla's Paulus Van Poucke shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Kaj Helström came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Maravilla reached it. The audience was convinced that İsmail Pekşen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Facundo Altamirano was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. In the 80thth minute of the game Leo Bingham who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Maravilla's Facundo Altamirano was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kaj Helström didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cruz Credo went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cruz Credo in the 86th minute of play forced Stowe City's goalkeeper Kaj Helström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cruz Credo in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kaj Helström prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Stowe City's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Paulus Van Poucke was slow to take the kick. During this time Maravilla's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Nemanja Vidić got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kaj Helström quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Kaj Helström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cruz Credo, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.