World League

Stowe IP
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Leo Bingham kicked off to start the match. Claude Bermudez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nils-Emil Tunström, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After 12 minutes Cebollitas F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Johnathan Haynes who took care of the corner kick. Nils-Emil Tunström was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Cebollitas F.C. were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Stowe City's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gao Yang Wei took the corner. Claude Bermudez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leo Bingham in the 18th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Cebollitas F.C.'s goalkeeper Claude Bermudez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leo Bingham. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Rosio in the 21st minute of play forced Stowe City's goalkeeper Kaj Helström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cebollitas F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gao Yang Wei in the 22nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Gao Yang Wei got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kaj Helström quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Kaj Helström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olaf Kaczynski in the 23rd minute of play. Stowe City's attack was well implemented in the 25th minute, but when Emmanuel Stroh was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. A collision led to Cebollitas F.C. getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Balaban Karhan hit a great ball. Stowe City's Johnathan Haynes shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 29th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Claude Bermudez but with some difficulty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santiago Salcedo in the 33rd minute of play forced Stowe City's goalkeeper Kaj Helström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damian Rosio kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. In the 36th minute Emmanuel Stroh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claude Bermudez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nils-Emil Tunström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Claude Bermudez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmanuel Stroh in the 46th minute of play forced Cebollitas F.C.'s goalkeeper Claude Bermudez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Santiago Salcedo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Claude Bermudez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nils-Emil Tunström in the 52nd minute of the match. Claude Bermudez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leo Bingham in the 53rd minute of play. When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Emmanuel Stroh sped through Cebollitas F.C.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Claude Bermudez. When Balaban Karhan fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cebollitas F.C.'s protests and gave Balaban Karhan a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Cebollitas F.C. getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Balaban Karhan hit a great ball. Claude Bermudez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leo Bingham in the 61st minute of the match. Claude Bermudez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emmanuel Stroh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the match, Cebollitas F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Emmanuel Stroh came free, but Claude Bermudez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cebollitas F.C.'s Fernan Emesto was substituted for Damian Rosio. 72 minutes into the match, Nils-Emil Tunström notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Cebollitas F.C.'s Claude Bermudez. Claude Bermudez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celso Savier in the 83rd minute of play forced Stowe City's goalkeeper Kaj Helström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 84 played minutes Stowe City got a freekick which was hit by Nils-Emil Tunström. Stowe City made a substitution. Harvey McAlpin replaced Ward Neal. In the 85th match minute, Stowe City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nils-Emil Tunström to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute, Cebollitas F.C.'s Santiago Salcedo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. Celso Savier got in the 91st a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Kaj Helström handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Stowe City's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Fernan Emesto 94 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-3. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.