World League

Dragon Cave
Spectators: 7698 (Terracing: 5775, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Christiano Ronaldo started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute Iphiklos Patrianakos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Richárd Textex saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Unione Sportiva's Khariklo Bilias got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 15 minutes into the match, Khariklo Bilias dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Richárd Textex, 1-0. After having played for 17 minutes, Christiano Ronaldo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Unione Sportiva's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christiano Ronaldo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Unione Sportiva defense, Dušan Vlahovic kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernado Alves. The Unione Sportiva fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernado Alves should have stopped the shot. Christiano Ronaldo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Richárd Textex made a huge save. 24 minutes into the match, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s goal looked a bit too open when Iphiklos Patrianakos came free, but Richárd Textex reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s goal looked a bit too open when Iphiklos Patrianakos came free, but Richárd Textex reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Unione Sportiva were awarded a corner in the 29th minute after Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Carles Cannavaro took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Carles Cannavaro got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Richárd Textex quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kimon Yfantis in the 32nd minute of play forced Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s goalkeeper Richárd Textex to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gu Zhan Qiang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Fernado Alves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petre Bogătan in the 38th minute of play forced Unione Sportiva's goalkeeper Fernado Alves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Richárd Textex made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khariklo Bilias in the 40th minute of play. Fernado Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gu Zhan Qiang in the 44th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dušan Vlahovic to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Gu Zhan Qiang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernado Alves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Christiano Ronaldo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Richárd Textex was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. With a little luck, Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves got control of the ball when Dušan Vlahovic tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fernado Alves was out of position in the 62 minute of play, and Dušan Vlahovic capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dušan Vlahovic really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. After 65 played minutes Unione Sportiva got a freekick which was hit by Khariklo Bilias. Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Unione Sportiva from getting a goal against them. Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Unione Sportiva from getting a goal against them. Fernado Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Voja Spajić in the 77th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s goal looked a bit too open when Kimon Yfantis came free, but Richárd Textex reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ made a substitution. Lucas Maguire replaced Cipriano Galnares. In the 81st minute of the match Unione Sportiva got a corner. Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Carles Cannavaro ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Ptolemeus Giannopoulos managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iphiklos Patrianakos in the 83rd minute of play forced Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s goalkeeper Richárd Textex to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Unione Sportiva from getting a goal against them. Dušan Vlahovic came free with the goalkeeper in the 88th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Fernado Alves could save by the left post. Christiano Ronaldo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Richárd Textex having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Gu Zhan Qiang got a free kick in the 93rd minute. In the 93rd minute Christiano Ronaldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Richárd Textex saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'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.