World League

José Dellagiovanna
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 130) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gwyn Lawson kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Tigre getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Gwyn Lawson hit a great ball. Edoardo Corna might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stefan Orlicki. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edoardo Corna ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 3rd minute Edoardo Corna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefan Orlicki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 9 minutes into the match, Fc Molina di Quosa's Pavel Lukšík sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stefan Orlicki narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 11th minute Pavel Lukšík shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefan Orlicki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fc Molina di Quosa's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edoardo Corna in the 15th minute. Jiří Kiss made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Sergio Cordareo sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Edoardo Corna put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Stefan Orlicki. Jiří Kiss made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Aparecido in the 29th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Tigre's goal looked a bit too open when Pavel Lukšík came free, but Stefan Orlicki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jiří Kiss made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Sergio Cordareo sent off a good shot on target. Stefan Orlicki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edoardo Corna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 36th minute, Edoardo Corna got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 43rd minute, Pavel Lukšík left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fc Molina di Quosa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After 46 played minutes Fc Molina di Quosa got a freekick which was hit by Armando Padula. Fc Molina di Quosa's Jiří Kiss proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Fc Molina di Quosa from getting a goal against them. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Edoardo Corna made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Pavel Lukšík reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Stefan Orlicki. The goal made the score 0-4. 57 minutes into the game, Fc Molina di Quosa's Edoardo Corna nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stefan Orlicki made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. 61 minutes into the match, Fc Molina di Quosa's Edoardo Corna sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stefan Orlicki narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Edoardo Corna might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stefan Orlicki. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edoardo Corna ran back to his position shaking his head. Stefan Orlicki was a little too slow when Edoardo Corna got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 0-6. Fc Molina di Quosa's Jiang Lin was substituted for Dino Colonna. Tigre's Masao Koriotto was substituted for Sergio Cordareo. 70 minutes into the match, Edoardo Corna dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Stefan Orlicki, 0-7. 72 minutes into the match, Tigre's goalkeeper Stefan Orlicki had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edoardo Corna. After 73 minutes Tigre's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edoardo Corna who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Fc Molina di Quosa's corner Edoardo Corna fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Stefan Orlicki quite easily take care of the ball. Edoardo Corna did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-8 to the left of a surprised Stefan Orlicki 83 minutes into the match. Pavel Lukšík recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pavel Lukšík received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Stefan Orlicki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 95th minute, one of Tigre:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Tigre. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Fc Molina di Quosa walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.