World League

Wakefield Astrodome
Spectators: 7462 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 139) In the 4th minute Jörn Helström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Louie Hicks saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 6 minutes into the game, Jörn Helström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Louie Hicks was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Bonifacio Reynardo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Jörn Helström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Louie Hicks was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. In the 18th minute of the match Cura del Futbol got a corner. Wakefield Wanderers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jon Niebe ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Jon Niebe almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Wakefield Wanderers's Louie Hicks did a great save. Bonifacio Reynardo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Louie Hicks tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd minute, Jörn Helström ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Louie Hicks was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. When the match clock showed 35 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Jörn Helström sped through Wakefield Wanderers's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Louie Hicks. Jörn Helström scored 0-4 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Louie Hicks, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 43 minutes, Jörn Helström managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cura del Futbol's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jörn Helström was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 45th minute, Jörn Helström ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Louie Hicks was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

Jörn Helströms short, quick shot in the 52ndth minute got Louie Hicks to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Louie Hicks made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jörn Helström in the 54th minute of play. Jörn Helström had several of the Wakefield Wanderers's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 56 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-6 score and a disappointed Louie Hicks as he didn't even see the shot coming. When Carlos Gonzalez came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Cura del Futbol fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Carlos Gonzalez couldn't finish the play. 66 minutes into the game, Jörn Helström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Louie Hicks was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Haakon á Borg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darryl Simpson in the 70th minute of the match. A collision led to Cura del Futbol getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Wen Fei Peng hit a great ball. In the 78th minute, Jörn Helström 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 79th minute, Jörn Helström 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. 81 minutes into the match, Jörn Helström dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Louie Hicks, 0-9. With a little luck, Wakefield Wanderers's Louie Hicks got control of the ball when Carlos Gonzalez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jeff Duffy kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jörn Helström in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Louie Hicks prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 89th minute, Carlos Gonzalez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cura del Futbol fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-10. Louie Hicks showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Gonzalez in the 94th minute of the match.