World League

The Stars
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 97) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hu Jian Yi made the kick off which started today's match. Tzolo Pisarski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Paulo de Lima, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Triforce Super Soccer's Aldo Calçada was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Tzolo Pisarski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Tzolo Pisarski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Paulo de Lima in the 9th minute of play. Luiz Paulo de Lima recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match clock showed 12 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Filomeno De Putter sped through Astralis FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tzolo Pisarski. Tzolo Pisarski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filomeno De Putter, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. After 16 played minutes Astralis FC got a freekick which was hit by Andolín Herquiñigo. After recieving a nice pass, Triforce Super Soccer's Aldo Calçada tried to score from far away in the 17th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Calixto Simaverti kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Filomeno De Putter notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Astralis FC's Tzolo Pisarski. Tzolo Pisarski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Astralis FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Hu Jian Yi hit a great ball. When Triforce Super Soccer's Filomeno De Putter in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Astralis FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 29th minute, Astralis FC's Stig-Arne Melberg seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Stig-Arne Melberg the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Astralis FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Stig-Arne Melberg had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. A collision led to Astralis FC getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Stig-Arne Melberg hit a great ball. Astralis FC's Tzolo Pisarski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filomeno De Putter in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandrinho Passos in the 35th minute of play forced Astralis FC's goalkeeper Tzolo Pisarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aldo Calçada made a great header on Triforce Super Soccer's corner, it was just that Astralis FC's Tzolo Pisarski managed to reach the ball for a save. In the last second Cristian Salles throw himself and got hold of the ball when Hu Jian Yi in the 39thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The Triforce Super Soccer fans' excitement grew in the 40th match minute when Triforce Super Soccer's Filomeno De Putter looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After the first half Triforce Super Soccer were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Filomeno De Putter stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Filomeno De Putter notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Astralis FC's Tzolo Pisarski. Tzolo Pisarski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 56 minutes, Filomeno De Putter made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. Astralis FC's Tzolo Pisarski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Filomeno De Putter's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tzolo Pisarski was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. In the 60th minute, Claude Goubert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Triforce Super Soccer's Filomeno De Putter in the 61st minute got a chance for a shot 61st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Astralis FC's goalie prevented a goal. Astralis FC's Tzolo Pisarski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kristian Aarstad in the 64th minute of play. Filomeno De Putter took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tzolo Pisarski. Tzolo Pisarski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Tzolo Pisarski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filomeno De Putter in the 72nd minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in Astralis FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 73rd minute. Penalty! 77 minutes into the match, Napoleon Tylenda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tzolo Pisarski. Astralis FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Napoleon Tylenda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. Tzolo Pisarski didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 80th minute, which inside left pole to 0-8. After 84 played minutes Astralis FC got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Munster. Kristian Aarstad's late challenge caught a Astralis FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kristian Aarstad helped the player get up and apologised. In the 86th minute, Kristian Aarstad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Hu Jian Yi fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Astralis FC's protests and gave Hu Jian Yi a yellow card for diving instead. Hu Jian Yi kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Triforce Super Soccer's Tzolo Pisarski threw himself towards the right post 89 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luiz Paulo de Lima, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a rather tough play, Triforce Super Soccer's Kristian Aarstad got a free kick in the 94th minute. After having played for 96 minutes, Filomeno De Putter managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Triforce Super Soccer's supporters crossed their fingers, but Filomeno De Putter was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Triforce Super Soccer played a much better game than Astralis FC and deserved their victory. The Astralis FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.