World League

ESPN Black Arena
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Wiktor Ziomkowski started the match with the kick off. Ralles Bollklubb's defense didn't have a chance, in the 3rd minute, when Wiktor Ziomkowski scored to the left of an out of position Augustus Batalla, making the score, 1-0. Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Wester, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th match minute, Black Devils was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ceferino Maidana to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute, Bror Hanmark ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 17 minutes into the game, Wiktor Ziomkowski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Augustus Batalla was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Temel Reis came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Black Devils 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 Temel Reis couldn't finish the play. Wiktor Ziomkowski succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-1 in the 23rd playminute. 25 minutes into the match, Wiktor Ziomkowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Augustus Batalla. Ralles Bollklubb's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wiktor Ziomkowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. 29 minutes into the game, Wiktor Ziomkowski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Black Devils's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ralles Bollklubb the free kick. After 29 played minutes Black Devils got a freekick which was hit by Wiktor Ziomkowski. Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bror Hanmark in the 30th minute of the match. Black Devils's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Temel Reis in the 34th minute. The corner led Black Devils's Temel Reis to fire away a dangerous shot which Augustus Batalla despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 39th minute Leif Classon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marcus Wester to strike the kick off in the second half. Marcus Wester received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca came out and tried to block the shot, but Marcus Wester slotted it home off the left post making it 4-3 in the 52nd minute. When Wiktor Ziomkowski came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Black Devils 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 Wiktor Ziomkowski couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Black Devils defense, Bror Hanmark kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca. The Black Devils fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca should have stopped the shot. In the 74th minute, Wiktor Ziomkowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Augustus Batalla was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-4. Black Devils's Patricio Nazario was substituted for Wiktor Ziomkowski. Adam Ek struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ralles Bollklubb. Leif Classon received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca came out and tried to block the shot, but Leif Classon slotted it home off the left post making it 5-5 in the 84th minute. If Patricio Nazario had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Ralles Bollklubb players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.