World League

HOWL
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cyprian Henryk started the match with the kick off. Santos Hori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Ekrot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After taking down the ball on Asdfgh's corner Xicu Semprun fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Santos Hori quite easily take care of the ball. After 7th play minutes Xicu Semprun shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Santos Hori and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 11th minute Dag Hammarskjöld shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Hori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Burkhard Schlick in the 13th minute of play forced Howling Dawn U18's goalkeeper Santos Hori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santos Hori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dag Hammarskjöld, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. When Dag Hammarskjöld came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Asdfgh 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 Dag Hammarskjöld couldn't finish the play. 22 minutes into the match, Asdfgh's goal looked a bit too open when Cyprian Henryk came free, but Henrik Nyman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xicu Semprun took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Santos Hori. Santos Hori dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Santos Hori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xicu Semprun, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Santos Hori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dag Hammarskjöld, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 34 minutes into the match, Dag Hammarskjöld had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Santos Hori. Howling Dawn U18's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dag Hammarskjöld was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Santos Hori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Ekrot in the 38th minute of play. Henrik Nyman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyprian Henryk, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Howling Dawn U18 were awarded a corner in the 42th minute after Asdfgh's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Uriel Lauren took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Asdfgh's goalie and right to Astor Manilan. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Asdfgh's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 44th minute, Moises Belo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Ekrot was the one to do the kick off. Tomas Ekrot had several of the Howling Dawn U18's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 54 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Santos Hori as he didn't even see the shot coming. Asdfgh's attentive Burkhard Schlick managed to snatch the ball when Erasmo Oskarbi made a throw-in in the 57th minute of the game. In the 58th minute, Asdfgh's Xicu Semprun dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. In the 62nd minute, Ildefonso Guter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Tomas Ekrot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Howling Dawn U18's Santos Hori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Burkhard Schlick in the 69th minute of play. Howling Dawn U18 made a substitution. Juan Bittor replaced Axl Rose. Howling Dawn U18's Scott Weiland was substituted for Cyprian Henryk. Howling Dawn U18 made a substitution. Baltasar Walme replaced Astor Manilan. A throw-in in the 73rd minute of the game was made by Baltasar Walme with Baltasar Walme as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Scott Weiland in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henrik Nyman saved Asdfgh from getting behind. In the 79th match minute, Howling Dawn U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ildefonso Guter to maneuver through the defense. Dag Hammarskjöld received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Santos Hori came out and tried to block the shot, but Dag Hammarskjöld slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 83rd minute. The audience was convinced that Scott Weiland's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henrik Nyman was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. With a little luck, Howling Dawn U18's Santos Hori got control of the ball when Dag Hammarskjöld tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Scott Weiland in the 91st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Henrik Nyman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Scott Weiland in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henrik Nyman saved Asdfgh from getting behind. Asdfgh played a much better game than Howling Dawn U18 and deserved their victory. The Howling Dawn U18 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.