World League

Andrés Murillo
Spectators: 7454 (Terracing: 5591, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mariusz Pudzianowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Firmo Cerda didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jørg Heichendorff went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Firmo Cerda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Rosendahl in the 12th minute of the match. Mariusz Pudzianowski charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mariusz Pudzianowski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Sonstorps Fotboll made a substitution. Jon Haraldsson replaced Osvald Lennartsson. In the 19th match minute, Tapa Red F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mariusz Pudzianowski to maneuver through the defense. Eric Bark made in the 22nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jonas Rosendahl. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Stig-Åke Molander managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sonstorps Fotboll's supporters rose to their feet, but Stig-Åke Molander was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Firmo Cerda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Tapa Red F.C's Mariusz Pudzianowski in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sonstorps Fotboll's goalie prevented a goal. In the 28th minute, Daniel Törnblom hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Firmo Cerda stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stig-Åke Molander's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Daniel Törnblom sped through Tapa Red F.C's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Firmo Cerda. Sonstorps Fotboll's Janne Katt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariusz Pudzianowski in the 34th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mariusz Pudzianowski got free with Janne Katt in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 39 minutes into the game, Sonstorps Fotboll's Stig-Åke Molander nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Firmo Cerda made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The wind increased when Daniel Törnblom made the kick off in the second half. If Mariusz Pudzianowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 68 played minutes Sonstorps Fotboll got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Törnblom. Stig-Åke Molander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Firmo Cerda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tapa Red F.C's Mariusz Pudzianowski got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Firmo Cerda made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Daniel Törnblom sent off a good shot on target. After 78 minutes Tapa Red F.C's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Törnblom who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Sonstorps Fotboll's corner Daniel Törnblom fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Firmo Cerda quite easily take care of the ball. Sonstorps Fotboll's Daniel Törnblom couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 80th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Tapa Red F.C. Daniel Törnblom's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 84thth minute, Firmo Cerda skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 90th minute, Sonstorps Fotboll's Jonas Rosendahl ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Firmo Cerda. Firmo Cerda yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. 94 minutes into the match, Tapa Red F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Stig-Åke Molander came free, but Firmo Cerda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 95 minutes, Bizen Velazquez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tapa Red F.C and the Sonstorps Fotboll players grew even worse after the yellow card. The Tapa Red F.C fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Sonstorps Fotboll were clearly better and deserved to take the win.