World League

STORM
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) If Denis Lavrentev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 18 minutes into the match, Club 23's Cássio Dracena sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nikolay Kovalev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Club 23's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adrian Ştoia in the 26th minute. The corner ended in Adrian Ştoia almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but STORM's Nikolay Kovalev did a great save. In the 32nd minute, Stepan Holodovskiy 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 38th minute, Bogdan Bogdanović made a precise shot to the right of Nikolay Kovalev. STORM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. STORM made a substitution. Rostislav Averchenko replaced Leonid Sokolov. Bogdan Bogdanović took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nikolay Kovalev. Nikolay Kovalev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 46 minutes into the match, Cássio Dracena had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikolay Kovalev. STORM's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cássio Dracena was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

STORM's Mathis Plum was substituted for Maksim Khomukha. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stepan Holodovskiy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute Stepan Holodovskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sören Malmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikolay Kovalev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bogdan Bogdanović's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. 68 minutes into the match, Club 23's goal looked a bit too open when Grigoriy Agapov came free, but Sören Malmberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikolay Kovalev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cássio Dracena in the 70th minute. STORM's Nikolay Kovalev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogdan Bogdanović in the 73rd minute of play. Denis Lavrentev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Sören Malmberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Club 23's Petre Ciolofan was substituted for Emil Cioran. In the 79th minute Stepan Holodovskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sören Malmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute Denis Lavrentev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sören Malmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikolay Kovalev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bogdan Bogdanović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigoriy Agapov in the 90th minute of play forced Club 23's goalkeeper Sören Malmberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. STORM's Nikolay Kovalev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save STORM from getting a goal against them. In the 95th minute Bogdan Bogdanović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikolay Kovalev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle went the supporters of Club 23 were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant STORM side.