World League

Circus Circus Arena
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alberto Lo Iacono made the kick off which started today's match. Gonzo Style f.c's Adriano Mancini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baldomiro Maties in the 4th minute of play. 7 minutes into the match, Gonzo Style f.c's goal looked a bit too open when Kong Sen Chen came free, but Adriano Mancini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adriano Mancini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cayetano Darien, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute, Cayetano Darien made a precise shot to the right of Adriano Mancini. Gonzo Style f.c's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. When Cayetano Darien came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Pakua FC 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 Cayetano Darien couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alberto Lo Iacono in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jacobo Maxin saved Pakua FC from getting behind. Pakua FC's Jacobo Maxin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Lo Iacono in the 23rd minute of play. Gonzo Style f.c's Adriano Mancini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baldomiro Maties in the 25th minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, Gonzo Style f.c's goal looked a bit too open when Cayetano Darien came free, but Adriano Mancini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th minute, Arrigo Capone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 35 minutes into the game, Cayetano Darien cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Adriano Mancini was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Damiano Mian sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gonzo Style f.c's Adriano Mancini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kong Sen Chen in the 43rd minute of play. After having played for 46 minutes, Damiano Mian managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gonzo Style f.c's supporters crossed their fingers, but Damiano Mian was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aquilino Cesaro's late challenge caught a Gonzo Style f.c's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aquilino Cesaro helped the player get up and apologised. Aquilino Cesaro hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Baldomiro Maties made a kick off. Pakua FC's Kong Sen Chen got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Gonzo Style f.c's Adriano Mancini got control of the ball when Kong Sen Chen tried to sneak it across the goal line. With an all-out effort, Pakua FC's Adriano Mancini threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kong Sen Chen, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kong Sen Chen in the 65th minute of play forced Gonzo Style f.c's goalkeeper Adriano Mancini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute, Aquilino Cesaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pakua FC's Leo Leobardo was substituted for Luis Ganix. After a rather tough play, Pakua FC's Aquilino Cesaro got a free kick in the 68th minute. Adriano Mancini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cayetano Darien in the 75th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Lo Iacono in the 80th minute of play forced Pakua FC's goalkeeper Jacobo Maxin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cayetano Darien was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 83rd minute. Pakua FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The throw-in from Zachariasz Golec in the 95th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gonzo Style f.c's Cesare Di Loreto. The Gonzo Style f.c supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Pakua FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Pakua FC.