World League

Juresti
Spectators: 7446 (Terracing: 5586, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Liviu Zubaşcu made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 4th minute, Avery Merrill left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Persepolis F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Justo Carlomagno recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of bullfinches booed when Persepolis F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danny Craig didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 10th match minute, Persepolis F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gwidon Seliga to maneuver through the defense. Santos Perez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liviu Zubaşcu, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. A collision led to bullfinches getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Carter Campese hit a great ball. Avery Merrill received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Aimilios Manolas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fabian Kaszubowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santos Perez having to interfere. After 23 played minutes bullfinches got a freekick which was hit by Francis Lefevre. In the 24th minute, Justo Carlomagno left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Persepolis F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 30th minute Ildefonso Harkaitz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aimilios Manolas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32ndth minute of the game Liviu Zubaşcu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Persepolis F.C.'s Santos Perez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Justo Carlomagno struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Aimilios Manolas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Persepolis F.C.. Aimilios Manolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arden Poulin in the 39th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Avery Merrill made a precise shot to the right of Aimilios Manolas. bullfinches's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Aimilios Manolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Avery Merrill in the 43rd minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Avery Merrill received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Aimilios Manolas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 54 minutes into the game, Persepolis F.C.'s Arden Poulin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aimilios Manolas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. The audience was convinced that Liviu Zubaşcu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santos Perez was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 63 minutes, the score became 2-5 when Fabian Kaszubowski sped through Persepolis F.C.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Santos Perez. In the 66th match minute, Persepolis F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ildefonso Harkaitz to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Arden Poulin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aimilios Manolas was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Arden Poulin did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-6 to the left of a surprised Aimilios Manolas 69 minutes into the match. 72 minutes into the game, Arden Poulin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-7. Aimilios Manolas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With his leg Aimilios Manolas managed to avoid a goal in the 75thth minute, when Persepolis F.C.'s Avery Merrill fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 79th play minutes Justo Carlomagno shot 2-8, a short shot which went by Aimilios Manolas and just under the crossbar into goal. Persepolis F.C.'s Dennis Rudolph was substituted for Gwidon Seliga. After some careless play in the bullfinches defense, Avery Merrill kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aimilios Manolas. The bullfinches fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aimilios Manolas should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, bullfinches's Carter Campese got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Arden Poulin was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 92nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Persepolis F.C.'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.