World League

Lavender Stadium
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Purple Shadows's Zula Scislowicz started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When Cavallino Rampante II's Ubaldo Gonzales in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Purple Shadows's goalie prevented a goal. In the 9th minute, Candido Garin made a precise shot to the right of Zbyszko Duda. Purple Shadows's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Zbyszko Duda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ubaldo Gonzales, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Ubaldo Gonzales put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Zbyszko Duda. Zbyszko Duda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Candido Garin in the 21st minute of the match. 23 minutes into the match, Purple Shadows's goal looked a bit too open when Ivo Oja came free, but Zbyszko Duda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Purple Shadows's goal looked a bit too open when Ubaldo Gonzales came free, but Zbyszko Duda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Candido Garin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zbyszko Duda having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ubaldo Gonzales in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zbyszko Duda prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Candido Garin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ubaldo Gonzales scored 0-5 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zbyszko Duda, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 41st play minutes Ubaldo Gonzales shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Zbyszko Duda and just under the crossbar into goal. Zbyszko Duda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ubaldo Gonzales, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Purple Shadows booed when Cavallino Rampante II was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivo Oja didn't get a good kick on the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ubaldo Gonzales to make the kick off. Cavallino Rampante II's Ubaldo Gonzales got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Zula Scislowicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernesto Fe was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Zbyszko Duda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Candido Garin, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. In the 63rd match minute, Purple Shadows was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boguslaw Lamczyk to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Purple Shadows's Zbyszko Duda got control of the ball when Ubaldo Gonzales tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Zbyszko Duda managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when Cavallino Rampante II's Ivo Oja fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Pawel Pieprz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zbyszko Duda was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ubaldo Gonzales showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-7 in the 72 minute of play. Cavallino Rampante II's Fabian Jarosiewicz was substituted for Candido Garin. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ubaldo Gonzales in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zbyszko Duda saved Purple Shadows from getting behind. Cavallino Rampante II's Ubaldo Gonzales managed to work through Purple Shadows's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Ubaldo Gonzales dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. After some careless play in the Purple Shadows defense, Fabian Jarosiewicz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zbyszko Duda. The Purple Shadows fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zbyszko Duda should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Purple Shadows's Boguslaw Brak got a free kick in the 84th minute. After having played for 85 minutes, Ubaldo Gonzales managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cavallino Rampante II's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ubaldo Gonzales was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 86th minute, Ivo Oja ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zbyszko Duda was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. After some careless play in the Purple Shadows defense, Ubaldo Gonzales kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zbyszko Duda. The Purple Shadows fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zbyszko Duda should have stopped the shot. Zbyszko Duda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonas Olivar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zbyszko Duda didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ubaldo Gonzales went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. When the match was over Cavallino Rampante II could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Purple Shadows throughout the match.