World League

Andrés Murillo
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, 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. Mariusz Pudzianowski started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Tapa Red F.C booed when Kingpins was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Josep Casanova didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tapa Red F.C's Firmo Cerda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Torbjörn Hake in the 9th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Mariusz Pudzianowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bixente Poli was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Bixente Poli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariusz Pudzianowski in the 21st minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Mariusz Pudzianowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tapa Red F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 26th minute Harry Sjö shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Firmo Cerda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Firmo Cerda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harry Sjö, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tapa Red F.C's Firmo Cerda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victorino Euloxu in the 31st minute of play. Tapa Red F.C's Firmo Cerda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victorino Euloxu in the 32nd minute of play. If Mariusz Pudzianowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pablo Escobar kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 41st minute of the game. One of Tapa Red F.C:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Kingpins:s goal. Achraf Hakimi charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Achraf Hakimi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Achraf Hakimi hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Kingpins made a substitution. Karl-Johan Gregersson replaced Adrian Falck. Kingpins's Pål Hammarström was substituted for Harry Sjö. A collision led to Kingpins getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Achraf Hakimi hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Victorino Euloxu to make the kick off. 57 minutes into the match, Tapa Red F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Yan Guo Qiang came free, but Firmo Cerda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bixente Poli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariusz Pudzianowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 62 minutes of play Tapa Red F.C's Pablo Escobar was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 62 played minutes Tapa Red F.C got a freekick which was hit by Pablo Escobar. After a defensive mix-up in Tapa Red F.C's zone, Yan Guo Qiang stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Firmo Cerda came out of the goal and Yan Guo Qiang tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Yan Guo Qiang's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Firmo Cerda read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. Kang Sen Xu came free in the 71st minute and tried to tip the ball over Bixente Poli, but to the joy of Kingpins's supporters the ball went over. In the 76th minute, Mariusz Pudzianowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Tapa Red F.C's goalkeeper Firmo Cerda, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 82nd minute Kingpins were awarded a corner. Mao Hai Zhen went to the cornerflag to take it. Mao Hai Zhen made a great header on Kingpins's corner, it was just that Tapa Red F.C's Firmo Cerda managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victorino Euloxu in the 90th minute of play forced Tapa Red F.C's goalkeeper Firmo Cerda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 91 minutes, Bizen Velazquez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tapa Red F.C and the Kingpins players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Tapa Red F.C getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Bizen Velazquez hit a great ball. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Kingpins had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.