World League

Patrik Jensrud
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Hélder Fonseca took the kick off in the first half of the match. Alessio Martini was a little too slow when Tadeo Eguen got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 5th minute. The score was now 2-0. Alessio Martini was out of position in the 9 minute of play, and Hélder Fonseca capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hélder Fonseca really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. LA Lord Perez's Alessio Martini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hélder Fonseca in the 12th minute of play. In the 14th minute, CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Hélder Fonseca dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0. Hélder Fonseca took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alessio Martini. Alessio Martini dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. In the 22nd minute, Hélder Fonseca ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alessio Martini was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. In the 28th match minute, LA Lord Perez was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enrico Palma to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in LA Lord Perez's zone, Hélder Fonseca stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alessio Martini came out of the goal and Hélder Fonseca tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hélder Fonseca could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Alessio Martini made a huge save. Hélder Fonseca received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alessio Martini came out and tried to block the shot, but Hélder Fonseca slotted it home off the left post making it 9-0 in the 42nd minute. After some careless play in the LA Lord Perez defense, Hélder Fonseca kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alessio Martini. The LA Lord Perez fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alessio Martini should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 10-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Corrado Di Blasio to make the kick off. In the 53rdth minute of the game Hélder Fonseca who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LA Lord Perez's Alessio Martini was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 54th minute, Hélder Fonseca made a precise shot to the right of Alessio Martini. LA Lord Perez's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 11-0. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Hélder Fonseca got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Hélder Fonseca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alessio Martini was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Through an outstanding action, after 66 minutes, Vincent Aalberts successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Alessio Martini came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Hélder Fonseca. But to his dismay, Hélder Fonseca quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 12-0. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Rigan Frankson was substituted for Hélder Fonseca. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Mateo Nuno was substituted for Marios Theodorou. Alessio Martini didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Rigan Frankson shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 14-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Alessio Martini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rigan Frankson in the 82nd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rigan Frankson in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alessio Martini prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Alessio Martini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigan Frankson in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigan Frankson in the 87th minute of play forced LA Lord Perez's goalkeeper Alessio Martini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Vivaldo Trancoso hit a great ball. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Jhon Wayne was substituted for Tadeo Eguen. Vivaldo Trancoso hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the LA Lord Perez defense, Rigan Frankson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alessio Martini. The LA Lord Perez fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alessio Martini should have stopped the shot. 97 minutes into the match, Rigan Frankson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alessio Martini. LA Lord Perez's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rigan Frankson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 16-0. When the referee ended the match the CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.