World League

Santiago Bernabéu
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zygmunt Malik made the kick off which started today's match. In the 7th match minute, Strib Galacticos IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timo Rokmann to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute, Strib Galacticos IF's Andres Oper dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. El Retorno de Palermo's Jerom Quvelirs proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save El Retorno de Palermo from getting a goal against them. El Retorno de Palermo's Jerom Quvelirs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andres Oper in the 22nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Andres Oper's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jerom Quvelirs was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Jerom Quvelirs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andres Oper, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andres Oper received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jerom Quvelirs came out and tried to block the shot, but Andres Oper slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 29th minute. Strib Galacticos IF's Andres Oper got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. El Retorno de Palermo's defense didn't have a chance, in the 35th minute, when Andres Oper scored to the left of an out of position Jerom Quvelirs, making the score, 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andres Oper got free with Jerom Quvelirs in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of El Retorno de Palermo booed when Strib Galacticos IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hagbard Ribov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andres Oper stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51stth minute of the game Zygmunt Malik who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Strib Galacticos IF's Hasan Fuleager was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Strib Galacticos IF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zygmunt Malik was slow to take the kick. During this time El Retorno de Palermo's players had a chance to rest. When Strib Galacticos IF's Andres Oper in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Retorno de Palermo's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, El Retorno de Palermo's Benicio Osasun got a free kick in the 58th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andres Oper in the 59th minute of play forced El Retorno de Palermo's goalkeeper Jerom Quvelirs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th match minute, Strib Galacticos IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mike Tyson to maneuver through the defense. After 65 played minutes, El Retorno de Palermo's Zygmunt Malik shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hasan Fuleager came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in El Retorno de Palermo reached it. A hard shot 70 in the game by Zygmunt Malik from a close distance when the talented Hasan Fuleager managed to make a qualified save. Strib Galacticos IF's players were relieved. Strib Galacticos IF's Reinhard Duse was substituted for Asım Arif Akatay. 76 minutes into the game, Vlad Pâslaru was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Strib Galacticos IF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Retorno de Palermo the free kick. In the 76th match minute, Strib Galacticos IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vlad Pâslaru to maneuver through the defense. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Strib Galacticos IF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zygmunt Malik was slow to take the kick. During this time El Retorno de Palermo's players had a chance to rest. El Retorno de Palermo's Zygmunt Malik was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Hasan Fuleager in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Jerom Quvelirs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andres Oper, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. When Strib Galacticos IF's Andres Oper in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Retorno de Palermo's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andres Oper in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jerom Quvelirs prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jerom Quvelirs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andres Oper in the 95th minute of the match. El Retorno de Palermo's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Strib Galacticos IF had won, even though El Retorno de Palermo had held more of the ball.