World League

Nye -vallen
Spectators: 6720 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Philip Hedvall made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 minutes of play, Yala's Carolo Bizen made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Markus Albäck was left in no man's land by his defense there! Markus Albäck didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Esteve Abechuco went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 12 minutes into the game, Carolo Bizen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Markus Albäck was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Arnaud Konieczny had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 16 minutes into the game, Yala's Carolo Bizen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Markus Albäck made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Markus Albäck didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Freddy Valentine went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Nye defense, Freddy Valentine kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Markus Albäck. The Nye fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Markus Albäck should have stopped the shot. Markus Albäck came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Yala's Arnaud Konieczny. But to his dismay, Arnaud Konieczny quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. After some careless play in the Nye defense, Arnaud Konieczny kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Markus Albäck. The Nye fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Markus Albäck should have stopped the shot. 32 minutes into the match, Carolo Bizen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Markus Albäck. Nye's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carolo Bizen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. The Yala fans' excitement grew in the 38th match minute when Yala's Freddy Valentine looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-10 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Markus Albäck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carolo Bizen, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Arnaud Konieczny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arnaud Konieczny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-11 lead.

If Carolo Bizen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Markus Albäck made an important save on a dangerous shot by Freddy Valentine in the 55th minute. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Freddy Valentine took a quick shot and it went in 0-12 without a chance for Markus Albäck to make any attempt to save it. 60 minutes into the match, Arnaud Konieczny dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Markus Albäck, 0-13. Ulrik Axelsson hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. After 64 played minutes Freddy Valentine could catch the ball where he stood relatively free a bit outside the goal and without hesitation he completed 0-14 into the left cross. If Generoso Pinto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Markus Albäck was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Freddy Valentine showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-16 in the 74 minute of play. If Marcial Lore had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 80th minute, Generoso Pinto 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 84th minute, Santiago Feo made a precise shot to the right of Markus Albäck. Nye's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-17. Markus Albäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Freddy Valentine, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Markus Albäck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Freddy Valentine in the 88th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Freddy Valentine in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Markus Albäck saved Nye from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Generoso Pinto in the 92nd minute of play forced Nye's goalkeeper Markus Albäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute, Generoso Pinto reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Markus Albäck. The goal made the score 0-18. When the final whistle sounded Yala left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Nye.