World League

El Monumental
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Niki Lauda kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes of play, RIVER's Niki Lauda made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lavrits Bjørnfalk was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 8th minute Isaac Nuxila shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lavrits Bjørnfalk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 9 played minutes RIVER got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Oxarra. Marcial Lordi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henry Hjorslev in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Eric Târban left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RIVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After some careless play in the ATOWN defense, Eric Târban kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lavrits Bjørnfalk. The ATOWN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lavrits Bjørnfalk should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, ATOWN's Teddi Sobottke got a free kick in the 16th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Niki Lauda managed to get in a good position for a shot. RIVER's supporters rose to their feet, but Niki Lauda was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lavrits Bjørnfalk breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, ATOWN's Eilif Hofsø got a free kick in the 18th minute. Eric Târbans short, quick shot in the 19thth minute got Lavrits Bjørnfalk to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Lavrits Bjørnfalk was a little too slow when Niki Lauda got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 21st minute. The score was now 4-0. In the 24th minute, RIVER's Bruno Oxarra ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lavrits Bjørnfalk. Lavrits Bjørnfalk yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jean Coelho in the 27th minute of play forced RIVER's goalkeeper Marcial Lordi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eric Târban received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lavrits Bjørnfalk came out and tried to block the shot, but Eric Târban slotted it home off the left post making it 6-0 in the 30th minute. In the 32nd match minute, RIVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Niki Lauda to maneuver through the defense. Lavrits Bjørnfalk didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bruno Oxarra went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. In the 39th minute, Eric Târban left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RIVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. 42 minutes into the game, RIVER's Bruno Oxarra nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lavrits Bjørnfalk made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-0. RIVER made a substitution. Tobias Belmiro replaced Bruno Oxarra. Lavrits Bjørnfalk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niki Lauda, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. 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.

After 52 minutes of play, RIVER's Niki Lauda made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lavrits Bjørnfalk was left in no man's land by his defense there! Teddi Sobottke hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. RIVER's Pipo Benedetto was substituted for Eric Târban. After a rather tough play, ATOWN's Teddi Sobottke got a free kick in the 57th minute. Niki Lauda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lavrits Bjørnfalk having to interfere. 65 minutes into the match, Niki Lauda notched a goal, 11-0, to the right of ATOWN's Lavrits Bjørnfalk. Lavrits Bjørnfalk was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 68th minute, Niki Lauda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RIVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 12-0. Teddi Sobottke kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. ATOWN's Lavrits Bjørnfalk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pipo Benedetto in the 71st minute of play. 73 minutes into the match, Pipo Benedetto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lavrits Bjørnfalk. ATOWN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pipo Benedetto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 13-0. After 78 played minutes ATOWN got a freekick which was hit by Anders Barning. Pipo Benedetto took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lavrits Bjørnfalk. Lavrits Bjørnfalk dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 14-0. In the 87thth minute of the game Wu Li Zhi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ATOWN's Lavrits Bjørnfalk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 88th match minute, ATOWN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arkadiusz Poremba to maneuver through the defense. 89 minutes into the match, ATOWN's goal looked a bit too open when Pipo Benedetto came free, but Lavrits Bjørnfalk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 91 minutes, Pipo Benedetto made it 15-0 with a short kick to the right side. ATOWN's Lavrits Bjørnfalk tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 94 minutes into the match, Wu Li Zhi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lavrits Bjørnfalk. ATOWN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wu Li Zhi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 16-0. RIVER walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.