World League

Rushden Lakes
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Christian Fenton made the kick off which started today's match. In the 10th minute, Davi Lendaa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The audience was convinced that Davi Lendaa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pepe Le Petit was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. 15 minutes into the match, ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Fenton came free, but Iosif Tsoleridis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 18 played minutes TibaDons got a freekick which was hit by Pierce Gerrard. 20 minutes into the match, Davi Lendaa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pepe Le Petit. TibaDons's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Davi Lendaa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Pepe Le Petit showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Davi Lendaa in the 23rd minute of the match. ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Davi Lendaa got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by John Donnelly during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. John Donnelly kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Pepe Le Petit showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Davi Lendaa in the 33rd minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, Davi Lendaa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pepe Le Petit. TibaDons's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Davi Lendaa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. A collision led to TibaDons getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Pierce Gerrard hit a great ball. Davi Lendaa took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pepe Le Petit. Pepe Le Petit dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4.

In the 51st minute, Davi Lendaa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pepe Le Petit. The goal made the score 0-5. Pepe Le Petit made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Davi Lendaa sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers John Donnelly in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Iosif Tsoleridis saved ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ from getting behind. Davi Lendaa kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Kleanthis Lianos was substituted for Davi Lendaa. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind TibaDons's goalkeeper Pepe Le Petit, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Kleanthis Lianos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pepe Le Petit. That made the score 0-6 after 76 minutes of play. Kleanthis Lianos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pepe Le Petit having to make a save. Pepe Le Petit made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kleanthis Lianos in the 80th minute of play. Dennis Bellomo made in the 82nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Eric Clegg however managed to control. 84 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goalkeeper Pepe Le Petit had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Giorgos Kounenakis. Kleanthis Lianos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pepe Le Petit read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 86th minute of play. Kleanthis Lianos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dennis Bellomo got a throw-in 91 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Ian Emander. When the final whistle sounded ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than TibaDons.